SC Colony to State

What group of people made up most of the Committee of 99?

• artisans

• doctors

• merchants

• planters

Where in South Carolina was our capital when the war broke out, and, consequently, where the Committee met?

• Charleston

• Columbia

• Ninety-Six

• Myrtle Beach

What area of South Carolina had more delegates to the Provincial Congress in 1774?

• Back Country

• Low Country

• Mid-Country

• Up Country

Which of the following was the one thing the Provincial Congress did NOT do?

• raise an army

• commission the writing of the constitution

• issue currency

• make the Baptist Church the official church of SC

The people in the Up Country were not happy with this new government or the __________________.

• legalization of slavery

• invention of the cotton gin

• non-importation agreement

• moving the state capital

Who elected the lower house?

• People of the state

• the president

• the lower house

• the upper house

Who elected the Upper House

• the people of the state

• the lower house

• the upper house

• the president

According to the SC Constitution of 1776, who had the right to veto laws?

• the lower house

• the upper house

• the president

• the people of the state

One way South Carolina showed its support for the new national government was _____________.

• It sent more soldiers than any other state to fight in the war.

• It wrote the Articles of Confederation without any input from other states.

• It was the only state to meet its financial obligation to the Continental Congress.

• It had more Patriots than any other state.

What document was written to officially establish the first national government of the U.S.?

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution of the United States of America

• The Bill of Rights