Proprietary to Royal Colony 2024-2025

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What political trend is evident from this chart?

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There was an expansion of representation for the average person.

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How did the eight Lord Proprietors persuade more Europeans to settle in South Carolina?

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They established a way for property owners to share governing duties.

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In 1719, after 56 years of being a proprietary colony, South Carolina became a royal colony. How was the colony impacted by this change?

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The governor of the colony was appointed by the king.

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Why did the colonists want the Carolinas to become a royal colony?

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They were angry that the Lord Proprietors collected taxes but did not protect the people.

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Why were there significant differences between white settlers in the Lowcountry and those in the backcountry?

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Lowcountry settlers were the elites who lived on the coast, and backcountry settlers were traders and woodsmen.

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This time line shows changes to the early colonial government of South Carolina. What event would come next in this time line? Options: The colonists elected a governor to represent them. The Lord Proprietors are removed, and the colony becomes a royal colony. The governor is impeached, and a new one is elected. The legislature shifts to equal representation in both houses.

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The Lord Proprietors are removed, and the colony becomes a royal colony.

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Which idea about political power in the colony of South Carolina is true?

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The wealthy planters had the most political power despite making up only a small percentage of the population.

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What was the main reason for the Regulator Movement in South Carolina?

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Backcountry farmers felt they were not represented or protected by the colonial government.

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What is the best title for this list?

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Start of Self-Government in the British Colonies

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Which individual was most likely to have been a participant in the Regulator Movement? Options: a Native American who had been forced out of the colony, a slave who had escaped and was trying to leave the colony, a subsistence farmer from the backcountry, a plantation owner from the Lowcountry

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a subsistence farmer from the backcountry