Unit 2 SC Economic Growth

As a result of the Regulator Movement, the government of South Carolina

• Created a new political system

• Dissolved the plantation system

• Established circuit courts in the Backcountry

• Regulated trade with the Native Americans

The colonists believed all were advantages to a Royal government EXCEPT:

• The King is impartial, which makes him a fair ruler

• The English military can offer protection for the settlers

• England can tax the colonists as it sees fit

• England is the most powerful Empire on Earth

How did the Carolina colony become more democratic?

• When Lords Proprietors allowed the colonists governed themselves.

• When the King accepted the invitation to rule over the colony.

• When the King allowed the colonists to vote for the governor.

• When the Lords Proprietors decided to give the common people a voice in the government

South Carolina and other British colonies developed their own economies without much interference from their mother country

• True

• False

Why did settlers of the Backcountry feel the government was treating them unfairly?

• They were being taxed three times more than the people of the Lowcountry

• They had less representation in the Assembly than the Lowcountry even though they had a larger population

• Their farms were being destroyed and burned by representatives of the assembly

• They were forbidden from traveling

The British were extremely strict on the trade relations of South Carolina with other colonies.

• True

• False

Which best describes the goal of mercantilism?

• To give Africans a share of the profits

• The mother country obtains its wealth by exporting more than it imports

• To make merchants rich

• To help planters grow more crops

Which crops were on the “enumerated list” of products that could be sold only to England?

• Beef and rice

• Rice and Indigo

• Naval stores and beef

• Naval stores and rice

How did slavery impact the economy of South Carolina?

• It caused the colony to struggle for years. d. It caused quick fortunes and terrible losses.

• It made the colony very prosperous.

• It made the colony go broke.

• It made the colony more open - minded

Why, despite the fact that there was no major damage, did the Stono Rebellion become such a major concern for the white population?

• African slaves outnumbered whites nearly 2 to 1, making the possibility of a major slave rebellion a very real concern

• The citizens of Charleston were not concerned about the African slaves but they were worried that the event might motivate local Native American tribes to rebel

• One of the men killed during the Rebellion was Thomas Broughton, governor of South Carolina

• Several of the prominent white citizens of Charleston had secretly helped the slaves organize the Rebellion