Question

colonial south carolina review worksheet
colonial economy & cash crops

1. what crop was known as \carolina gold\ and made south carolina wealthy?
2. what was the basis of south carolinas economy?

a) industry and trade
b) plantation system
c) subsistence farming
d) indentured labor

1. why did plantation farming depend on enslaved african labor?

slavery & african influence

1. enslaved africans brought important knowledge about growing which crop?
2. why did south carolina pass slave codes in the early 1700s?
3. what is the gullah language?

government & politics

1. what type of government grew in the colonies through town meetings and the house of burgesses?
2. who were the regulators in south carolina?
3. after the american revolution, who continued to hold most of the political power in south carolina?
4. why did the charleston elite have more influence in politics?

religion & settlement

1. the original settlers of new england came mainly for
2. william penns colony (philadelphia) was founded to provide

Explanation:

1. Rice was "Carolina Gold". 2. Plantation system was economic basis. 3. Enslaved labor was cheap and abundant. 4. Rice - African agri - knowledge. 5. To control slaves. 6. Creole language of enslaved Africans. 7. Representative government. 8. Group protesting taxes. 9. Wealthy planters. 10. Due to wealth and status. 11. Religious freedom. 12. Religious freedom for Quakers.

Answer:

1. Rice
2. B. Plantation system
3. Cheap and abundant labor
4. Rice
5. To control enslaved population
6. A Creole language of enslaved Africans
7. Representative government
8. Group protesting high taxes and lack of law enforcement
9. Wealthy planters
10. Their wealth and social status
11. Religious freedom
12. Religious freedom for Quakers