Proprietary to Royal Colony 2024-2025

What political trend is evident from this chart?

• More and more people were excluded from political participation.

• The Lord Proprietors grew more powerful as the colony progressed.

• There was an expansion of representation for the average person.

• Power was in the hands of a few elites who made all political decisions for the colony.

How did the eight Lord Proprietors persuade more Europeans to settle in South Carolina?

• They replaced the practice of indentured servitude with slavery.

• They guaranteed that all Christians would be granted the same rights.

• They established a way for property owners to share governing duties.

• They subsidized large parcels of land for new settlers.

In 1719, after 56 years of being a proprietary colony, South Carolina became a royal colony. How was the colony impacted by this change?

• The governor of the colony was appointed by the king.

• The colony lost its right to elect representatives to the colonial legislature.

• The population of the colony decreased.

• The tensions between backcountry farmers and plantation owners lessened.

Why did the colonists want the Carolinas to become a royal colony?

• They believed that combining North and South Carolina would strengthen the economy.

• They were angry that the Lord Proprietors collected taxes but did not protect the people.

• They wanted to return to a government led by a monarch.

• They wanted to industrialize the economy of the colony.

Why were there significant differences between white settlers in the Lowcountry and those in the backcountry?

• Backcountry settlers blended their cultures with Native American tribes, and Lowcountry settlers followed a strict social hierarchy.

• Lowcountry settlers had less representation in the colonial legislature than backcountry settlers.

• Backcountry settlers spoke a different language and had a different religious heritage than Lowcountry settlers.

• Lowcountry settlers were the elites who lived on the coast, and backcountry settlers were traders and woodsmen.

This time line shows changes to the early colonial government of South Carolina. What event would come next in this time line?

• The colonists elected a governor to represent them.

• The Lord Proprietors are removed, and the colony becomes a royal colony.

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

• The legislature shifts to equal representation in both houses.

Which idea about political power in the colony of South Carolina is true?

• The wealthy planters had the most political power despite making up only a small percentage of the population.

• Political power was equally divided between the Lowcountry and the backcountry.

• The King of England controlled all aspects of the colony and prevented colonists from having any political power.

• The political power of backcountry farmers was equal to their percentage of the population.

What was the main reason for the Regulator Movement in South Carolina?

• Lowcountry residents had less representation in the colonial government than backcountry farmers.

• The colonial courts in the backcountry handed down unfairly harsh sentences for small crimes.

• The slave population in the backcountry was higher than the white population.

• Backcountry farmers felt they were not represented or protected by the colonial government.

What is the best title for this list?

• Governing Bodies Created by Parliament

• Start of Self-Government in the British Colonies

• Influence of Religious Groups on Colonial Governments

• Governments That Allowed Women to Vote

Which individual was most likely to have been a participant in the Regulator Movement?

• a Native American who had been forced out of the colony

• a slave who had escaped and was trying to leave the colony

• a subsistence farmer from the backcountry

• a plantation owner from the Lowcountry