Colonial American Culture and Economy

The earliest fights between Native Americans and explorers were over what?

• Democracy

• Slave trade

• Religious conflict

• Land

How did trade impact the relationship between colonists and Native Americans in South Carolina?

• It increased problems between the groups

• It created negative relationships between the groups

• It created positive relationships between the groups

• It decreased meetings between the groups

What are these: cotton, indigo, rice, tobacco

• Plants for Native Americans only

• Plants taxed by the government

• Banned Crops

• Cash Crops

Which group of people took the route from Africa to the southern colonies

• Colonists

• Native Americans

• Lord Proprietors

• Slaves

What impact did the Stono Rebellion have on South Carolina

• Slavery was made more violent by the new laws

• Slave owners paid the slaves

• Nothing changed

• Slavery was made illegal

Why did slaves intentionally not work and break tools.

• To protest their slavery

• To get new tools

• To improve their work ethic

• To decrease the costs of plantation farming

What is one thing the Native Americans did to help Europeans

• helped them build earthen houses

• provide colonists with advanced weapons

• Teach them how to grow local crops

• loaned colonists local currency

How did Gullah Culture begin in South Carolina

• It was created out of a blend of African cultures in South Carolina

• It was created by slave owners

• It was created by French explorers

• It was created by blending European and Native American cultures

Why were English colonies given more power to govern themselves than many other European colonies

• The English economy was weaker than other European communities.

• The English Monarch believed in absolute power

• The English Parliament had a history of democracy

• The English colonies were protected by Native Americans

What event involved African slaves breaking into a warehouse to kill the owners and others by burning a building and taking weapons.

• Battle of Cowpens

• Stono Rebellion

• American Revolution

• French and Indian War