SLO Review #01

What was the Native Americans' biggest contribution on the settlements and colonies set up by Europeans?

• deerskin trade

• agriculture

• design and use of canoes for water travel

• bow, arrow, and stone weapons

What made South Carolina a distinctly southern colony?

• An economy that promoted harvesting lumber and shipbuilding.

• An economy that promoted large plantations based on cash crops.

• An economy based primarily on the trading of fur.

• An economy based on banking and industrialization.

In 1744, after several failures, Eliza Lucas Pinckney was able to successfully grow indigo. In a letter to her father, she wrote that "out of a small patch of indigo growing at Wappo... made 17 pounds of very good Indigo." She distributed indigo seed to neighboring planters. The British government encouraged South Carolina planters to grow it by offering a bounty or subsidy on indigo in 1745. Indigo exports grew and peaked at one million pounds in the mid-1770s.

According to the passage above, how did the British government encourage the growing of indigo in Carolina?

• Planters who grew indigo were given more slaves.

• Rice prices declined; therefore, planters were given more land to grow indigo.

• British taxes on indigo was less than taxes on rice.

• The British paid planters a subsidy for growing indigo.

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

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

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

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

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

As a result of European exploration of the New World, Native Americans' lives were changed forever. Which statement below describes a positive impact that the Europeans had on the Native Americans?

• Native Americans contracted smallpox, and the population was nearly wiped out.

• Native Americans were able to trade for more advanced weapons.

• Native Americans were taught new religion and enjoyed their newfound faith.

• Europeans treated all Native Americans with respect and lived in harmony in the New World.

Characteristics:

Forest Dwellers

Used rivers for transportation

Women gathered fruits and nuts

Primary crops were corn, pole beans, and squash

These characteristics best describe which Native American regional group?

• Cherokee

• Catawba

• Great Plains

• Eastern Woodlands

What is the main reason why Native Americans were frustrated by the continued settlement of Europeans in South Carolina?

• The Europeans settlers resorted to violence and attacked local Native American tribes.

• The European settlers refused to trade with the local Native American tribes.

• European settlers took over more of the native peoples' lands, cheated them in trade, and forced some of them into slavery.

• The European settlers refused to help local Native American tribes win a war against other Native Americans.

The Southern colonies experienced more success with what?

• self-government

• agriculture

• building weapons

• education

How did the Headright System contribute to the creation of plantations?

• Settlers were provided free food and shelter.

• Settlers were paid to move to the colony.

• Settlers were given large tracts of land.

• Settlers were given free slaves.

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

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

• England is the most powerful empire on Earth.

• The English military can offer protection for the settlers.

• England can tax the colonists as it sees fit.