African Slaves
Language and culture of SC African Slaves
Gullah
Nickname for rice grown in South Carolina
Carolina Gold
Colonial South Carolina's biggest fear
Slave Rebellion
In what region of South Carolina did the Regulator movement start?
The Backcountry.
Where did Mr. Going go to college?
West Virginia and Clemson
What region of Africa were many of the SC slaves from?
West Africa
Valuable plant used to make blue dye for clothing
Indigo
What did slaves do during the Stono Rebellion in 1739? (2 part answer)
Killed white settlers and burned houses
What was the main reason for why the Backcountry settlers resented and clashed with the Lowcountry?
Backcountry had less representation in government
What is the official motto of this class?
History Repeats itself
Role that Africans played in colonial South Carolina (2 part answer)
Slaves and labor force for plantations
Who first discovered how to cultivate indigo in SC?
Eliza Lucas Pinckney
Why did settlers continue to import slaves despite their fear of rebellion?
They believed that slaves were necessary for working the plantations and making money.
What was the name for the type of person who took the law into their own hands to fight crime? (must pronounce it correctly)
Vigilante
Science
is witchcraft
Contribution of the African slaves to South Carolina's economy. (must use correct wording)
They showed settlers how to cultivate rice
What did the British and French hope to prevent their colonies from doing under the system of Mercantilism?
Trading with colonies or countries other than their mother country.
The Negro Act of 1740 is a good example of ________
A slave code
Which SC region was most similar to North Carolina when it split?
Back country
What is the physically largest country in the world and what is the second physically largest country in the world?
You have the possibility for doubling your score
1st: Russia
2nd: Canada
How was the Gullah language created?
African slaves blended their languages and dialects
South Carolina was an excellent market for the British to sell this type of item.
Manufactured goods
Why did settlers go as far as making it illegal for slaves to dress and eat how they wanted?
Settlers wanted to maintain total control over the lives of slaves.
What was the result of the Lord Proprietors not addressing the needs of the Backcountry citizens?
The Regulator Movement
Where does the yellow flag in the back-right corner of my room come from?
- Double points if you can tell me what group it represented
-The flag comes from Philadelphia
- It represents the Philadelphia Light Cavalry Unit