Ch 4.
  • 1. The first English rulers of Carolina were:
A) Juan Pardo and Anthony Ashley Cooper
B) the Kiawah
C) settlers from Barbados
D) the Lords Proprietors
  • 2. William Hilton was an explorer who:
A) built a resort on Hilton Head Island
B) started a rice plantation in Carolina
C) was sent to find a good place for English settlers to build a colony
D) was sent to find gold and silver
  • 3. Which is NOT true about Henry Woodward?
A) He helped start a fur trade with Native Americans. q
B) He wrote a set of laws for the new colony.
C) He may have been one of the first Europeans to grow rice in South Carolina.
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) knew how to set up a colony and could teach the settlers how to survive in Carolina
B) wanted to find better soil for their tobacco crops
C) wanted religious freedom
D) were tired of living in Barbados
  • 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 were trying to defend their homeland
B) the Yemassee wanted the colonists' farms
C) the Lords Proprietors would not send supplies
D) the colonists were tired of being pushed off their land
  • 7. The colonists were unhappy with how the Lords Proprietors were ruling the colony, so they:
A) governed themselves
B) started the Yemassee War
C) asked for the royal government to take over the colony
D) asked pirates to take control of the colony
  • 8. Which is NOT a way slaves helped start rice plantations?
A) They knew how to grow rice.
B) They built dikes to keep the rivers from flooding the fileds.
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 played musice, sang, and danced like they had in Africa.
D) They traveled to Africa to visit relatives.
  • 10. Slaves resisted against their owners by:
A) working slowly, open rebellion, getting new jobs
B) spending lots of money, runnning away, taking their owners to court
C) keeping their African culture alive, running away, open rebellion
D) burning the rice crops, reading books, keeping their African culture alive
  • 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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