Early Carolina
Name one South Carolina Native American tribe from the mountains.
Cherokee
How many Lords Proprietors were there?
8
What does “no taxation without representation” mean?
Colonists should not be taxed by a government in which they have no elected representatives.
What was one weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
Could not tax, no executive branch, no national courts.
What purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803?
Louisiana Purchase
What type of homes did the Cherokee build? They were made from dirt and sticks put together.
Wattle-and-daub houses
Name the two cash crops that made SC wealthy.
Rice and Indigo
Which SC group protested British taxes in Charles Town?
Sons of Liberty
What was the Great Compromise?
Created a two-house Congress: House based on population, Senate with equal representation.
Which state was admitted as a free state in the Missouri Compromise?
Maine
Which SC tribe was known as the “River People”?
Catawba
Name one effect of the Yamasee War.
Many Native Americans were killed or forced out; the Proprietary government weakened.
Name one major Patriot victory in SC.
Sullivan’s Island, Kings Mountain, or Cowpens
Name a South Carolina leader who supported the Constitution.
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Charles Pinckney, or John Rutledge
What state became a free state in the compromise of 1850
California
List two main crops grown by Eastern Woodland tribes.
Corn and beans (also squash is acceptable)
What was the purpose of the headright system?
To give settlers land for bringing people to the colony, encouraging settlement.
What was the significance of the Battle of Kings Mountain?
It was a turning point in the southern campaign, with Patriots defeating Loyalists in the backcountry.
How did the Three-Fifths Compromise affect representation?
Each enslaved person counted as three-fifths of a person for determining population and representation in Congress.
What were the main differences between Northern and Southern economies?
North: factories and wage labor; South: plantations and slavery
Explain one major difference between coastal and mountain tribes in SC.
Coastal tribes like the Yemassee ate seafood and built palmetto shelters, while mountain tribes like the Cherokee hunted in forests and built wattle-and-daub homes.
Describe one way enslaved Africans influenced SC culture.
They developed Gullah culture, brought agricultural skills, and preserved African traditions.
Describe the role of Backcountry settlers during the Revolution.
Many were Loyalists, but some supported Patriots; they were crucial in battles like Kings Mountain.
Name two rights protected by the Bill of Rights.
Freedom of speech, religion, press, right to trial by jury, right to bear arms (any two).
Name two provisions of the Compromise of 1850.
Utah and New Mexico use popular sovereignty; Fugitive Slave Act passed.