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