Early Colonial Government in SC

A bill is a proposed law.

• True

• False

A faction is a system for giving out land.

• True

• False

The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina was written by:

• Sir Berkley and Langston

• Sir Colleton and Hyde

• Sir Ashley and Locke

• Monck and Sir Carteret

The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina:

• allowed for religious tolerance.

• gave the proprietors absolute power.

• recommended that all Carolinians should plant rice.

• declared war against the Native Americans.

Whom did the Lords Proprietors appoint to sit on the Grand Council?

• sheriffs

• landowners

• chiefs

• deputies

The division of power in the Grand Council was even at 43 to 5.

• True

• False

Parliament was made up of:

• Members of the Confederacy and 2 elected representatives

• Members of the Grand Council and 15 elected representatives

• Members of the royal court and 150 elected representatives

• Members of the Lords Proprietors and 8 elected representatives

Parliament was later divided into the ____________ and _____________.

• Commons House of Assembly and the Council

• Court and sheriff's department

• Headright and plunder

• House and the Senate

The Lords Proprietors appointed all the members of the Commons House of Assembly.

• True

• False

The headright was:

• the top of a bluff overlooking the ocean

• the proprietary governor

• a new law

• a system of giving out land