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Chapter Six "Carolana"

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Charles I made a vast grant of land to:

a)

Sir Walter Raleigh

b)

Sir Robert Heath

c)

Sir Francis Drake

d)

Lord Marbury

2.

True or False: Carolina stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The Lords Proprietors were given Carolina by Charles II because:

a)

They needed a place where they could worship freely

b)

They were banished to Carolina as punishment

c)

They had helped him to regain the throne

d)

He could no longer afford to keep the colony

4.

The Lords Proprietors were able to do which of the following?

a)

Build forts and castles

b)

Grant titles of nobility

c)

Collect Taxes

d)

All of the above

5.

Which one was NOT among the first counties of NC?

a)

Cleveland

b)

Craven

c)

Clarendon

d)

Albemarle

6.

A "quitrent" is a:

a)

poll tax

b)

land tax

c)

sales tax

d)

income tax

7.

True or False: The Prerogative Party included the Governor, Council, and those who owed their positions to the Proprietors.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

True or False: The prerogative Party believed that the people would best be served by their representatives.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

True or False: Nothing the Proprietors did seemed to attract enough settlers.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

All of the following were problems within the colony of Carolina except:

a)

Pirates

b)

war with the Proprietors of the colony

c)

two different rebellions against the colonial government

d)

trouble between different religious groups