Native American Groups
What Native American group lived in the lowcountry near the ocean?
Yemassee Tribe
What country did Hernando de Soto represent when exploring?
Spain
What is an artifact?
objects made by humans
True or False -
There were more enslaved people than white people in SC in the early 1700s.
True
What Native American group's name means "People of the River"?
Catawba Tribe
Name two reasons explorers came to America.
Gold and silver
Land to farm
Religious freedom
Use the word colony in a sentence.
The Europeans sent explorers to the Americas to settle in the first colony.
True or False -
Enslaved people did not have an impact on SC's economy.
False - They were crucial to the cash crop industry.
Which Native American group had women playing an important role in their government?
Cherokee
What was one accomplishment of William Hilton?
He found different types of trees that were used for building ships.
He settled the area now called Hilton Head Island.
What occurred during the Stono Rebellion? Give one result.
A group of Africans broke into a store one early morning. They went to plantations and burned down houses. This resulted in SC passing harsh laws to control the enslaved people.
True or False -
The Gullah culture was a result of the blending of African traditions.
True
Give one example of how Native Americans interacted or used their environment?
- Rivers for traveling and food
-Used land to build shelter and fires
Who represented France when exploring?
Jean Ribault
Name one similarity and one difference between the Native American tribes.
They were all hunters and gatherers.
They lived in different places in SC.
What is one effect the European settlers had on the Native Americans.
They forced them off the land and out of their homes.
Native Americans got sick and many died from diseases that Europeans brought with them.