Colonial Government Practice-Test

Who were the 8 men given control of the Colony of Carolina by King Charles II of England?

• The Lords Proprietors

• The Elite Class

• The Barbados Adventurers

• The Deputies

What did the Lord's Proprietors want out of owning Carolina?

• Land

• Money

• Slaves

• Rice

What were the colonists of Carolina upset about?

• The climate was not good for growing rice.

• The Lords proprietors charged too much.

• Slavery was illegal.

• The Lord's Proprietors never set foot in Carolina and did not protect them.

An English Colony in which the king gave land to proprietors in exchange for a yearly payment

• Lords Proprietors

• A proprietary colony

• Quitrent

• Bicameral

a proposed law

• bicameral

• headright

• faction

• bill

a system of giving out land in the colony of Carolina

• headright

• faction

• plunder

• bill

to rob or steal

• faction

• plunder

• bill

• bicameral

A two house assembly is a ___________ assembly

• bill

• bicameral

• faction

• plunder

a small group of people who disagree with or challenge the authority of the people in power

• bill

• plunder

• headright

• faction

What religious group was NOT welcome in the colony of Carolina?

• Quakers

• Catholics

• Jews

• Huguenots