Question 1

Cause: Native American slaves died from overwork and European diseases.

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Effect: Africans were brought to the New World to be used as manual labor.

Question 2

Cause: European powers competed against each other for power and wealth.

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Effect: Both Spain and France attempted to establish a settlement in South Carolina.

Question 3

Cause: The North American land controlled by the French had poor soil and a cold climate.

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Effect: They traded with the natives for animal pelts to be sent back to France.

Question 4

Cause: The headright system was established by the Lords Proprietors of Carolina.

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Effect: Settlers purchased large plots of land and established plantations.

Question 5

Cause: King Henry VIII eliminated religious freedom and demanded all follow the Anglican Church.

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Effect: Groups like the Pilgrims and Puritans established settlements in the New England region.

Question 6

Cause: The Middle Colonies had fertile soil and a number of good harbors for shipping goods.

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Effect: Colonies in that region profited from growing wheat and grain.

Question 7

Cause: The number of available indentured servants did not meet Carolina's labor demands.

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Effect: South Carolina supported the trade of African slaves through the Middle Passage.

Question 8

Cause: In 1739, a group of slaves attempted to escape to freedom during the Stono Rebellion.

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Effect: Laws, known as the Slave Codes, were created to minimize the freedoms of the enslaved population.

Question 9

Cause: All of the major shipping ports were located in Virginia and the Carolinas.

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Effect: African slaves were a large percentage of the population in the Southern colonies.

Question 10

Cause: Many of Carolina's first settlers came from the British island colony of Barbados.

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Effect: They provided knowledge in establishing slavery and the plantation system in South Carolina.

Question 11

Cause: Many of Carolina's first plantations were located in the swampy marshes along the coast.

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Effect: The crops of rice and indigo became the first cash crops of South Carolina.

Question 12

Cause: Colonists produced raw materials for Britain while also purchasing their manufactured goods.

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Effect: South Carolina contributed a great deal of wealth to their mother country.

Question 13

Cause: Like other colonies, South Carolina had a bicameral legislative assembly that made laws.

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Effect: The power distribution was unequal, favoring the elite planters and merchants.

Question 14

Cause: The backcountry of colonial South Carolina had no established laws or courts.

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Effect: Vigilante groups called the Regulators hunted criminals and brought them to justice.

Question 15

Cause: Colonists of Carolina felt unprotected from attacks by natives, pirates, and the Spanish.

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Effect:: They petitioned to be a royal colony so they could get assistance from the King of England.

Question 16

Cause: Both European nations wanted control of the trade routes in the Ohio River Valley.

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Effect: The British and the French fought against each other in the French and Indian War.

Question 17

Cause: Cherokee warriors were kidnapped and enslaved in Britain's Caribbean colonies.

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Effect: The tribe attacked British settlers in the Backcountry during the French and Indian War.

Question 18

Cause: Britain's victory in the French and Indian War spent most of their financial power.

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Effect: Parliament placed a strict policy of taxation on goods sold in the Thirteen Colonies.

Question 19

Cause: The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765.

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Effect: A royal stamp must be on all paper documents like wills and newspapers.

Question 20

Cause: The colonies in North America did not have an equal voice in the British government.

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Effect: American colonists protested, boycotted, and met in the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.

Question 21

Cause: In Boston, members of the Sons of Liberty destroyed a supply of British tea.

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Effect: The British created the Intolerable Acts to enforce strict punishments on the city.

Question 22

Cause: Power in Carolina belonged to the plantation owners from the Low Country region.

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Effect: Lynch, Heyward, Middleton, and Rutledge were sent to represent South Carolina in the 2nd Continental Congress.

Question 23

Cause: The principles of John Locke were influential in writing the Declaration of Independence.

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Effect: The authors stated the people have a right to a voice in their government.

Question 24

Cause: Jefferson stated in the Declaration that the King did not protect the rights of the colonists.

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Effect: The people should have the right to petition Parliament for equal treatment.

Question 25

Cause: Many Carolinian colonists appreciated the protection and services provided by the British.

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Effect: They remained loyal to the King and aided the British Army's efforts in South Carolina.

Question 26

Cause: African slaves could not be trusted with weapons for fear of rebellion.

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Effect: They were not allowed to serve in the Continental army in their fight against the British.

Question 27

Cause: British leaders promised to return Native American land that was claimed by colonists.

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Effect: Most tribes allied themselves with the British during the American Revolution.

Question 28

Cause: The palmetto logs of Fort Sullivan protected patriots as they defended the city against a British fleet.

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Effect: The British failed in their first attempt to invade Charlestown and conquer South Carolina.

Question 29

Cause: The Continental Army suffered a humiliating defeat at the Battle of Camden in the Upstate.

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Effect: Mobile groups of militia use hit and run tactics to harass the British in South Carolina.

Question 30

Cause: The Continental Army used trickery to win the Battle of Cowpens.

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Effect: The largest British army in South Carolina retreated and left the state permanently.

Question 31

Cause: The Articles of Confederation gave the power of government to the individual states.

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Effect: The national government didn't have the power to respond to problems of our nation.

Question 32

Cause: The royal governor sent to Charlestown by King George III was removed from power.

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Effect: The Committee of 99 and Provincial Congress were responsible for South Carolina during the Revolution.

Question 33

Cause: Charles Pinckney believed the Articles of Confederation was an imperfect document.

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Effect: He supported the idea that our nation needed a stronger national government.

Question 34

Cause: British manufacturers were no longer willing to buy American cash crops.

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Effect: South Carolina's merchants and planters suffered economically after the Revolution.

Question 35

Cause: Leaders of the Upcountry wanted equal access to the state government.

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Effect: South Carolina's capital city was moved to the city of Columbia.

Question 36

Cause: Farmland in the Upcountry was poorer quality than the soil located in the Low Country.

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Effect: The practice of subsistence farming was used by the Upcountry farmers.

Question 37

Cause: Free states believed enslaved Africans should not count in a state's population.

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Effect: Delegates at the Constitutional Convention passed the 3/5th compromise.

Question 38

Cause: During the writing of the Constitution, South Carolina was one of the most populated states.

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Effect: They supported the representation proposal outlined in the Virginia Plan.

Question 39

Cause: South Carolina's delegates feared the government might regulate exports and the slave trade.

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Effect: They supported the provisions outlined in the Commerce Compromise.

Question 40

Cause: The founders of the United States created a government based on the concept of republicanism.

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Effect: The people elect representatives to speak for the in the government.

Question 41

Cause: The framers of the Constitution feared an absolute ruler taking control of the United States.

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Effect: The power of the government was divided between multiple branches and levels.

Question 42

Cause: The Democrat-Republicans demanded that individual freedoms be protected.

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Effect: The Bill of Rights became the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.

Question 43

Cause: The Federalists wanted to protect the growing economy of the new nation.

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Effect: They supported a tariff or tax on imported goods.

Question 44

Cause: Thomas Jefferson supported a strict interpretation of the Constitution.

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Effect: He fought against the creation of a national bank controlled by the federal government.

Question 45

Cause: American merchant ships and sailors were harassed at sea by the British.

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Effect: The United States declared war of Great Britain, sparking the War of 1812.

Question 46

Cause: The invention of the cotton gin allowed plantations to spread into South Carolina's Upcountry.

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Effect: The slave population increased as cotton became South Carolina's dominant cash crop.

Question 47

Cause: The purchase of an African slave was a significant financial investment.

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Effect: Many plantation owners treated their slaves comparatively well and were not abusive.

Question 48

Cause: Africans were provided life's basic necessities at no cost to them.

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Effect: Some Southerners argued that slavery was a "positive good" for their enslaved Africans.

Question 49

Cause: South Carolina was located too far from the free states and Canada.

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Effect: The Underground Railroad had little impact on the lives of South Carolina's slave population.

Question 50

Cause: In many Southern states, the enslaved African population was greater than the whites.

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Effect: Fear of a rebellion led to laws that were more strict and harsh on the slaves.

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