S.C. Colonial Government
What type of colony was Carolina originally?
proprietary
South Carolina society was heavily influenced by colonists from what other British colony?
Barbados
Who were the first people enslaved by European colonists?
Native Americans
What is mercantilism?
An economic system where colonies provide raw materials to the mother country in exchange for finished goods.
What is the name of the colony that used to be the combined North and South Carolinas?
Carolina (or Carolana) Colony
What type of colony did South Carolina become after splitting with North Carolina?
royal
The system that gave settlers land for every person they brought to the colony was called:
the headright system
The journey from Africa to the Americas, in the context of the Triangular Trade, was called:
the Middle Passage
This series of British laws was meant to control colonial trade and ensure it benefited the mother country.
Who never stepped foot in South Carolina?
The Lords Proprietors (or the King, I guess).
Name one of the parts of S.C.'s government (under the king).
The House of Commons, the Council, the Royal Governor, the King (I guess), etc.
South Carolina's main industry was:
agriculture
The 1739 slave rebellion that led to stricter laws in South Carolina was called the:
Stono Rebellion
Name one raw material that South Carolina exported as part of the Triangular Trade.
Rice, indigo, tobacco, cotton, etc.
What was the original capital of South Carolina?
Charleston
What document outlined the government of the Carolina colony and included ideas like religious freedom and a social class system?
The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina.
What is the term for a large farm?
a plantation
What is Gullah Geechee culture?
A culture and language of mixed African and European influences that grew up (and still exists) in the lowcountry of S.C. and G.A.
What term describes the British policy of letting the colonies govern themselves with little interference?
salutary neglect
Blackbeard and Anne Bonny were famous _______ in the Carolinas.
pirates
Why did South Carolina decide to ask the king to take over from the Lords Proprietors?
Who was at the top of society in South Carolina?
How did knowledge from West Africa contribute to the success of South Carolina plantations?
Enslaved Africans had rice farming expertise, which helped make rice a profitable cash crop.
How did mercantilism contribute to the system of slavery in the colonies, especially southern colonies like S.C.?
Colonies needed enslaved labor to produce more raw materials like rice and indigo for trade, which supported the mercantilist system.
How are the Triangle Trade, slaves, and cash crops related within South Carolina's history?
South Carolina's large plantations of cash crops required lots of labor, they started using slaves that got to them via the Triangular Trade from Africa.