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