8-1 to 8-1 Review Quiz

How could early relations between the Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands and the

European settlers best be described?

• The two groups avoided each other completely.

• Native Americans and European settlers were always friendly with each other.

• Friendly trading occurred but later, conflict over land led to violence.

• There was immediate war, but over time relations improved.

Before the arrival of Europeans, what did the Native Americans in South Carolina most

commonly use for hunting?

• metal traps

• sharp objects carved from rocks or bone

• poison found in local plants

• guns that fired iron bullets

Which area would be the most common location for an Eastern Woodland Native American settlement?

• close to rivers

• in marshy swampland

• the tops of high mountains

• near oceans

Which statement best summarizes why most people wanted to colonize the area we now call South Carolina?

• they wanted a place where they could send prisoners

• they wanted to steal the natives to use as slaves in their mother countrie

• they wanted to have a foothold in the New World to enrich their mother country

• they were trying to find a land where they could be free from their kings and queens

Originally, South Carolina was controlled by wealthy investors who received the land fromthe king. What is this type of colony known as?

• independent

• revolutionary

• royal

• proprietary

Charlestown’s earliest settlers came from _______ to plant and grow crops.

• Spain and Portugal

• Barbados

•  Ireland

•  England and France

What was the largest group of people to come to South Carolina in the 1700s, and how did they get here?

• Africans were brought against their will to work as slaves.

• Barbadian plantation owners came across the Caribbean

• Scots Irish came to Carolina as indentured servants.

• Englishmen came across the Pacific in ships.

What effect did the Stono Rebellion have on slave life in South Carolina?

• Plantation owners began to respect the slaves’ space.

• Planters worked out labor contracts with the slaves on their plantations.

• The slaves were then required to go to church with their masters on Sundays.

• Stricter laws were passed by the Commons House that further restricted slave life.

What effect did the development of plantations have on the slave trade?

• Slave trade increased because the need for labor increased.

• Slave trade increased because slaves were needed to run new machines.

• There was an abundance of slaves in South Carolina, so it did not have an impact.

• Slave trade decreased because the number of Native American laborers increased.

What caused the rapid growth of the slave trade in colonial Carolina?

• Slaves were needed to work in the textile mills

• Rice and indigo were very labor intensive crops

• Tobacco and cotton were not profitable without slave labor.

• European settlers were too lazy to do the work on their own.