WorksheetsSLO Review #01
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 16mins
What was the Native Americans' biggest contribution on the settlements and colonies set up by Europeans?
deerskin trade
agriculture
design and use of canoes for water travel
bow, arrow, and stone weapons
What made South Carolina a distinctly southern colony?
An economy that promoted harvesting lumber and shipbuilding.
An economy that promoted large plantations based on cash crops.
An economy based primarily on the trading of fur.
An economy based on banking and industrialization.
In 1744, after several failures, Eliza Lucas Pinckney was able to successfully grow indigo. In a letter to her father, she wrote that "out of a small patch of indigo growing at Wappo... made 17 pounds of very good Indigo." She distributed indigo seed to neighboring planters. The British government encouraged South Carolina planters to grow it by offering a bounty or subsidy on indigo in 1745. Indigo exports grew and peaked at one million pounds in the mid-1770s.
According to the passage above, how did the British government encourage the growing of indigo in Carolina?
Planters who grew indigo were given more slaves.
Rice prices declined; therefore, planters were given more land to grow indigo.
British taxes on indigo was less than taxes on rice.
The British paid planters a subsidy for growing indigo.
Why, despite the fact that there was no major damage, did the Stono Rebellion become such a major concern for the white population?
One of the men killed during the Rebellion was Thomas Broughton, governor of South Carolina.
Several of the prominent white citizens of Charleston secretly helped the slaves organize the Rebellion.
African slaves outnumbered white citizens nearly 2 to 1, making the possibility of a major slave rebellion a very real concern.
Charleston citizens were not concerned about the African slaves, but they were worried that the event might motivate local Native American tribes to rebel.
As a result of European exploration of the New World, Native Americans' lives were changed forever. Which statement below describes a positive impact that the Europeans had on the Native Americans?
Native Americans contracted smallpox, and the population was nearly wiped out.
Native Americans were able to trade for more advanced weapons.
Native Americans were taught new religion and enjoyed their newfound faith.
Europeans treated all Native Americans with respect and lived in harmony in the New World.
Characteristics:
Forest Dwellers
Used rivers for transportation
Women gathered fruits and nuts
Primary crops were corn, pole beans, and squash
These characteristics best describe which Native American regional group?
Cherokee
Catawba
Great Plains
Eastern Woodlands
What is the main reason why Native Americans were frustrated by the continued settlement of Europeans in South Carolina?
The Europeans settlers resorted to violence and attacked local Native American tribes.
The European settlers refused to trade with the local Native American tribes.
European settlers took over more of the native peoples' lands, cheated them in trade, and forced some of them into slavery.
The European settlers refused to help local Native American tribes win a war against other Native Americans.
The Southern colonies experienced more success with what?
self-government
agriculture
building weapons
education
How did the Headright System contribute to the creation of plantations?
Settlers were provided free food and shelter.
Settlers were paid to move to the colony.
Settlers were given large tracts of land.
Settlers were given free slaves.
The colonists believe all were advantages to a Royal government EXCEPT:
The King is impartial, which makes him a fair ruler.
England is the most powerful empire on Earth.
The English military can offer protection for the settlers.
England can tax the colonists as it sees fit.
Why did the settlers of the Backcountry feel the government was treating them unfairly?
They were being taxed three times more than the people of the Lowcountry.
They had less representation in the Assembly than the Lowcountry, even though they had a larger population.
Their farms were being destroyed and burned.
They were forbidden from traveling to other colonies.
The exchanges between Europe and the New World did not always benefit both areas. How was this exchange also negative?
Europeans introduced deadly poisons to the Native Americans.
Native Americans introduced new diseases to the Europeans.
Native Americans introduced deadly poisons to the Europeans.
Europeans introduced new diseases to the Native Americans.
Why were citizens of the South Carolina Backcountry more likely to support the king and remain loyal to Great Britain during the time of the American Revolution?
Most of the citizens of this region were self-sufficient and less likely to be impacted by Great Britain's taxes and mercantilist policies.
Most citizens in this region were wealthy Englishmen who relied on the king for assistance.
The Proprietors provided ample protection and support for this part of the colony.
This area was located in and around Charleston, where those impacted the most were angered by Great Britain's taxes and policies.
"Don't tread on me" was a slogan used by colonists before and during the American Revolution. Using the knowledge you have of the events leading to the American Revolution, what do you believe the colonists meant by this slogan?
They were tired of not paying taxes and wanted Great Britain to implement a Stamp Act.
Colonists wanted to fight for Great Britain, as they implemented taxes on the African colonies.
Colonists were tired of taxes imposed by Great Britain and meant that they were not going to let Great Britain walk over them.
Colonists were afraid of Great Britain and did not want them to tread on them anymore.
John, Jacob, and William are all probably...
Patriots
Loyalists
Neutralists
Abolitionists
Which of the following best describes the cause of the colonial rivalry between the French and the British?
The French tried to stop the African slave trade that the British relied upon.
The French supported the Lords Proprietors, while the British supported Royal government.
The rivalry was primarily based on cultural and religious differences between the two countries.
The rivalry was an economic and military one in which the French and British both wanted to control trade with the colonies.
The Stamp Act, Townshend Duties, and the Sugar Act were all different forms of taxes. Which of the following are reasons why these taxes angered the colonists?
The taxes were passed by Parliament without the colonists having the representation.
The taxes were so high that they made it impossible to conduct business within the colonies.
The taxes were small, but the British government threatened long-term imprisonment and even death if the taxes were not paid (even if it was by mistake).
The taxes had to be paid in British money, which made the money printed in the colonies completely worthless.
