Cash Crops
What was the number 1 cash crop in South Carolina during the period we are studying?
Rice
Where did a majority of the enslaved people come from in Africa?
West Coast of Africa
What are 2 major push factors for people to settle in the Carolinas?
The Bubonic Plaque and the Great London Fire
What was the Headright System?
Gave white males that settled in South Carolina free land.
Which crop did Eliza Lucas Pickney cultivate?
Indigo
What part of the Triangular Trade Route did sugar, tobacco, and cotton travel?
Americas to Europe
What is the definition of mercantilism?
The colonies exist to provide resources and money to the mother country.
What was the name of the rebellion where enslaved people tried to escape to Florida?
Stono Rebellion
Why was rice specifically grown on the coast of South Carolina?
Due to the flat, swampy land.
What was the passage from Africa to the Americas called?
The Middle Passage
Where did the early settlers of South Carolina come from?
Barbados
Why did European settlers initially start importing slaves from Africa?
Native Americans were too much trouble to enslave due to disease, running away, fighting back.
How did the slaves help the South Carolina colony, especially in the cultivation of rice?
The enslaved people from the West Coast of Africa brought their knowledge of how to cultivate rice with them to the Carolinas.
What three continents were involved in the triangular trade?
Europe, Africa and the Americas
Why did South Carolina shift from being a proprietary colony to a royal colony?
The colonists did not like the Proprietors. They wanted more protection and felt that the king could provide that.
Where did the language of the Gullah come from?
It was a blend of West African with the English language.
What invention caused the increase of enslaved labor in the late 1700's?
The Cotton Gin
What did the Europeans trade in Africa for enslaved individuals?
Manufactured goods.
In colonial South Carolina who had the most political power despite making up only a small percentage of the population?
The wealthy plantation owners
What are 2 impacts of the Stono Rebellion?
It increased fear among plantation owners and created new laws to restrict enslaved people.