SC Native Americans
The three colonial regions of British North America.
What are New England, Middle, Southern
What is the Gullah Geechee culture, in one sentence?
A distinct African-American culture developed by enslaved Africans and their descendants along the Sea Islands and coastal areas.
Colonial region in which South Carolina was located, and one economic characteristic of that region.
Southern; plantation agriculture (e.g., rice, indigo, tobacco).
Name one cultural trait preserved by Gullah Geechee communities (language, crafts, music, or food).
What the Gullah language (Creole), sweetgrass basketry, spirituals, or rice-based recipes.
Compare one political difference between the New England colonies and the Southern colonies.
New England had town meetings and more self-governing congregations; Southern colonies relied more on county courts and plantation elites.
Why was Gullah Geechee culture especially able to preserve African traditions in coastal South Carolina?
Relative isolation on Sea Islands and the concentration of enslaved Africans allowed retention of African languages, customs, and agricultural knowledge.
Major change in political control or government happened in South Carolina in 1719–1720?
What is the overthrow of the Lords Proprietors’ rule and transition to a royal colony (establishment of royal government around 1719–1720).
Describe one social or cultural difference between the Middle Colonies and the Southern Colonies.
Middle colonies were more ethnically and religiously diverse and had mixed economies; Southern colonies were more agrarian and aristocratic.
Identify one contemporary challenge to preserving Gullah Geechee culture and one strategy used to protect it.
Challenges: development, tourism, loss of land, and cultural commodification. Strategies: cultural heritage tourism managed by communities, historic preservation, teaching language/crafts in schools, and legal land protections.
The name of the assembly in colonial South Carolina that represented landowning colonists and helped make local laws?
What is the South Carolina Commons House of Assembly (or Commons House).
How did labor systems differ between the Northern, Middle, and Southern colonial regions? Give one specific example for each region.
North—small farms, artisanal labor; Middle—mixed farming, indentured servants, skilled trades; South—plantations, enslaved African labor (example: rice/indigo plantations).
Describe how knowledge of rice-growing techniques and West African cultural practices influenced South Carolina’s economy and contributed to Gullah Geechee cultural development.
West African rice cultivation techniques were central to Carolina rice success; enslaved Africans’ knowledge shaped labor systems and cultural continuity that became Gullah Geechee traditions.