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SC Colony
Use this stack to help you prepare for your SC Colony Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Carolina Colony belonged to this European country | England |
| The King put this group in charge: | The 8 Lords Proprietors |
| The most important member of the Lords Proprietors was | Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper |
| Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper helped write the: | The Fundamental Constitution of Carolina |
| Reasons to come to Carolina Colony | 1.Free Land 2. Ability to own slaves 3. Voice in government or right to vote 4. Freedom of Religion |
| England | This group first went to Barbados from Europe, but then moved to the Carolina Colony to build plantations |
| Huguenots | This group came from France, and helped start schools and feed the poor |
| Jews | This group came from all over Europe to the Carolina Colony so they could practice their religion freely. They built a synagogue in Charleston. |
| Germans | This group settled in the backcountry and began growing wheat in farms which is why it became known as the “breadbasket” of the colony |
| Scotch Irish | This group also settled in the backcountry, growing wheat on farms, but the first thing they built was a church to build their township around. |
| Most successful cash crops (2) | Rice and Indigo |
| What group of people was brought to Carolina against their will? | African Slaves |
| Why was this group of people brought to South Carolina? | To work on plantations |
| Where did most slaves work? | On plantations |
| African slaves were brought on what? | ships |
| African slaves journey was ________ and ________. | crowded and unsanitary |
| Huguenots | started the South Carolina Society, |
| Which two SC Explorers came from England | Henry Woodward and William Hilton |
| Which two immigrant groups settled in the Backcountry? | Germans and the Scotch Irish |
| What is a colony? | An area of land controlled by another country |
| Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper has two _____ named after him | rivers |
| The SC Colony became the _________ colony | wealthiest |
| African slaves arrived in the ______ port. | Charleston |
| African slaves created the ______ culture. | Gullah |
| Gullah culture is known for its _________ baskets | sweetgrass |