8th Grade SC History PASS Review

What was Carolina Gold?

• Rice
• Indigo
• Tobacco
• Cotton

Which cash crop was used to make a blue dye?

• Cotton
• Rice
• Indigo
• Tobacco

What tribe lived near the rivers in the Peidmont near the rivers?

• Cherokee
• Yamasee
• Dakota
• Catawba

What tribe went to war with the colonists over land that had been promised then taken away near the coast. More than 400 colonists were killed in the fighting.

• Yamasee
• Catawba
• Cherokee
• Sioux

Britain’s mercantilism goal with the colonies was to create a “favorable balance of trade” which meant that:

• Britain would send gold and silver to the colonies.
• the colonies would provide livestock to Britain.
• Britain would export more products to the colonies than it imported.
• the colonies were to increase trade with other countries.

The slave code enacted in 1740 did all of the following EXCEPT:

• permit slaves to read and write.
• Establish a slave patrol
• forbid slaves to earn money.
• forbid slaves to gather without the permission of the master.

In dealings with the Cherokee, English colonists recognized Cherokee territory to be:

• in the Blue Ridge region of South Carolina.
• near the Pee Dee River.
• along the Sea Islands south of Charleston
• along the Savannah River from Augusta to the Atlantic Ocean.

The first English settlers in SC came from:

• Virginia
• Barbados
• Massachusetts
• Ireland

The colony of South Carolina was centered on Charles Town because:

• it had major industry.
• it had the best harbor in the southern colonies.
• it had the best universities in the colonies.
• it was free from attacks by pirates and Native Americans.

To address labor shortages in the colonies, colonial leaders tried all but the follow except:

• African Slavery
• Canadian Slavery
• Native American Slavery
• Indentured Servants