Ch 4.
  • 1. The first English rulers of Carolina were:
A) settlers from Barbados
B) the Kiawah
C) the Lords Proprietors
D) Juan Pardo and Anthony Ashley Cooper
  • 2. William Hilton was an explorer who:
A) was sent to find a good place for English settlers to build a colony
B) was sent to find gold and silver
C) built a resort on Hilton Head Island
D) started a rice plantation in Carolina
  • 3. Which is NOT true about Henry Woodward?
A) He may have been one of the first Europeans to grow rice in South Carolina.
B) He stayed with native people to become friends with them and learn their language.
C) He helped start a fur trade with Native Americans. q
D) He wrote a set of laws for the new colony.
  • 4. Settlers from Barbados came to Carolina because they:
A) wanted religious freedom
B) wanted to find better soil for their tobacco crops
C) knew how to set up a colony and could teach the settlers how to survive in Carolina
D) were tired of living in Barbados
  • 5. Which does NOT describe the Huguenots?
A) became part of the elite class
B) men became government leaders
C) came to Carolina from Spain
D) started social clubs
  • 6. The Yemassee War was fought because:
A) the colonists were tired of being pushed off their land
B) the Yemassee wanted the colonists' farms
C) the Lords Proprietors would not send supplies
D) the Yemassee were trying to defend their homeland
  • 7. The colonists were unhappy with how the Lords Proprietors were ruling the colony, so they:
A) started the Yemassee War
B) governed themselves
C) asked pirates to take control of the colony
D) asked for the royal government to take over the colony
  • 8. Which is NOT a way slaves helped start rice plantations?
A) They knew how to grow rice.
B) They harvested the rice.
C) They hired other people to plant the rice.
D) They built dikes to keep the rivers from flooding the fileds.
  • 9. Which is NOT a way slaves kept their African culture alive?
A) They played musice, sang, and danced like they had in Africa.
B) They cooked African foods.
C) They developed a language and culture called Gullah.
D) They traveled to Africa to visit relatives.
  • 10. Slaves resisted against their owners by:
A) burning the rice crops, reading books, keeping their African culture alive
B) spending lots of money, runnning away, taking their owners to court
C) keeping their African culture alive, running away, open rebellion
D) working slowly, open rebellion, getting new jobs
  • 11. Describe two examples of what life was like for settlers in the backcountry.
  • 12. List three examples of how the slave trade worked.
  • 13. Describe four things about daily life for slaves.
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