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SC Colonial Govt
SC Colonial Government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What term refers to the men who were granted land in the New World by King Charles II? | proprietors |
| What were possible causes of the Stono Rebellion? | Security Act and freedom in St. Augustine |
| What was the effect of the Stono Rebellion in SC? | Slave Codes of 1740 |
| How did the Grand Council during the proprietary period make decisions? | majority rule from each group |
| What groups made up the Grand Council? | representatives of proprietors, colonial elite, and common people |
| What group was established to represent the people in the proprietary government? | Commons House of Assembly |
| Which Protestant group wanted changed in the proprietary colony? | Dissenters |
| Which Protestant group wanted to maintain the status quo for political control? | Goose Creek Men |
| Which Protestant group sided with the Anglicans? | Huguenots |
| What type of legislature did SC and other colonial government have? | bicameral |
| Like other colonies, on what was the development of SC's political elite based? | economic status |
| What does the term bicameral mean? | two house legislature |
| Who were the vigilantes in the Upcountry? | Regulators |
| What was the legal problem with the Regulator Movement? | violated English rights |
| What law brought law and order back to the Upcountry? | Circuit Court Act |
| What was the result of the Regulator Movement? | established courthouse, jail, and sheriff in seven districts |
| Why did the production of naval stores increase? | subsidies were paid |
| What provided power to the assembly of the SC royal government? | paid the governor's salary |
| How was settlement in the backcountry encouraged? | creation of townships |
| What area of SC was away from the coast? | upcountry |
| What area of SC was more wealthy? | lowcountry |
| What area of SC had the rice plantations? | lowcountry |
| What area of SC had more representation in the government? | lowcountry |
| What area of SC was less educated | upcountry |
| What area of SC had cities called Camden and Ninety-Six? | upcountry |
| What area of SC had larger population of whites? | upcountry |
| What area of SC were the courts originally located? | lowcountry |
| What was a reason the colonists asked the king for royal protection? | attacks from Native Americans, Spanish, pirates |
| What was a reason the Dissenters were unhappy with the proprietors? | no religious freedom |
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