Starter Wed 9/28: SC Colonial Govt.

What document was written to create an orderly government and attract more settlers to the Carolina colony?

• the US Constitution

• the Magna Carta

• the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina

• the Bill of Rights of Carolina

What best completes this timeline of early changes to colonial SC's government?

• The colonists elected a governor to represent them.

• Colonial assembly adds a second house to represent the common people.

• The governor is impeached, and a new one is elected.

• The governor is overthrown, and SC becomes an independent state.

Which social group controlled most of the power in the Carolina colony?

• wealthy planters

• backcountry farmers

• wealthy merchants

• Political power was divided evenly between all social classes

______________ took direct control of South Carolina and other colonies to gain more wealth and have more control over them.

• The Lords Proprietors

• William Penn

• John Winthrop

• The King of England