1. How many colonies were represented at the First Continental Congress? (Hint: Not all colonies were there.) 12
2. Who was appointed by the 2nd Continental Congress to be the army’s commander and later first U.S. President? George Washington 3. Which U.S. document was adopted by the 2nd Continental Congress that proclaimed the American Colonies free from Great Britain? Declaration of Independence 4. What was the purpose of the Articles of Confederation? To set up a government to unite the colonies as a American States. 5. What was the first problem with the Articles of Confederation? Congress could not tax the states for financing an American army 6. Which delegate from South Carolina attended the Philadelphia Convention? Charles Pinkney 7. South Carolina supported which plan to improve the U.S. Constitution? Virginia Plan 8. What are the two U.S. houses of Congress? Senate and the House of Representatives 9. During the Philadelphia Convention, what was decided about how to represent enslaved people in the government? Three-fifths of all enslaved people would be counted. 10. South Carolina didn’t like the Federal Government Limitations of which form of trade? Slave trade 11. What were the Federalists in support of? Strong national government 12. South Carolina is divided between which two regions? Upcountry & Lowcountry 13. Which of the following describes South Carolina’s Lowcountry? Made up of coastline ports and large plantation farms 14. What were two of the issues on which the Upcountry and Lowcountry disagreed? Location of the state capital and representation in the General Assembly 15. Which city was created in 1786 and became the state’s new capital? Columbia 16. Who invented the cotton gin in 1793? Eli Whitney 17. Which invention resulted in an increased need for slave labor in the Upcountry? Cotton gin 18. Antebellum is a Latin word meaning “before the war.” The antebellum era of South Carolina was right before which war?American Civil War 19. How did slavery impact plantation owners? It made the plantation owners very wealthy. 20. Who were the slave owners that treated their slaves like their own children and often rewarded them for obedience to the master and his family living on the plantation? Paternal slave owners 21. Slaves weren’t allowed to legally do what? Read or write 22. How often were Slaves given food rations? Once every two weeks 23. How would slaves go about protesting if they could not cause riots? Destroy property, work slower, or pretend they were sick. 24. Who was the self-educated freed slave that planned a large uprising in Charleston? Denmark Vessey 25. What is one way that enslaved people formed communities and kept their hopes alive? Through church and praying that one day they will be free.
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●South Carolina - the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
–First problem with the Articles – Congress could not tax the States. ●The American Confederacy was short of money to finance the war. ●Representatives from the 2nd Continental Congress met in the Hall of the Independence - It was created to ratify the Articles of Confederation. –Under the Confederation the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783. ●AMERICA FINALLY WON IT’S INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN & THE WAR WAS OVER in 1783!!!!!!!!! ●The American Revolution lasted 8 long years. ●Laurens helped negotiate the peace treaty ●1787 – Years after the American government had finally been established – The Philadelphia Convention was held. –_Constitutional Convention – It was a meeting to draft the U.S. Constitution in the State House, called Independence Hall, in Philadelphia from May 25 to Sept. 17th, 1787. –55 delegates from 12 of 13 states took part. –*Charles Pinkney was the delegate from South Carolina that attended the Philadelphia Convention. ●In the convention, the Delegates debated the laws & structure the U.S. Government should have in the Constitution. ●At Constitutional Convention - Delegates looked to two plans that inspired the U.S. Constitution. –_Virginia Plan – A two house legislature. ●The Population of each state would determine the number of representatives. ●South Carolina supported the Virginia Plan –_New Jersey Plan – A congress that consist of the same number of representatives for each state. ●Result – A compromise was reached. ●_Great Compromise - Agreement to create two houses, the senate and the House of Representatives, in the Congress –Senate – Upper house of Congress would have two representatives per state, regardless of size, so that all states would be represented equally. –_House of Representatives – Lower house of Congress would be represented by a number of people based on states’ Population.●Another Issue – Slavery was discussed at the Philadelphia convention. ●South Carolina wanted enslaved people to be counted in their population size. ●Slaves could not be freed but S.C. still wanted them to be represented –The Northern states did not want slaves to be represented. –Result - *During the Philadelphia Convention, Three-Fifths of all enslaved people would be represented in the government. ●South Carolinians were disappointed. 1.South Carolina created it’s First Constitution before which document was signed?
2.How many colonies were represented at the First Continental Congress? 3.Who were the South Carolinians that signed the Articles of Association? 4.Who was appointed by the 2nd Continental Congress to be the army’s commander? 5.Which U.S. document was adopted by the 2nd Continental Congress that proclaimed the American Colonies free from Great Britain? 6.What was the purpose of the Articles of Confederation? Lesson 11: A New American Nation
●South Carolina created it’s First Constitution before the Declaration of Independence was signed. ●It was first of the 13 Colonies to do so. ●South Carolina’s First Constitution –Legislature with two houses: ●Commons House of Assembly – Represents the citizens of South Carolina. ●Upper House – Elected by the Commons. ●President – Elected by the Upper House of Legislature & had power to veto laws. ●The Constitution also caused tension between the Upcountry and Lowcountry of South Carolina. ●1778 – South Carolina adopts a Second Constitution 2 years after the Declaration of Independence. ●The 2nd Constitution dropped the Church of England as a state supported church. –It smoothed things over between the Upcountry & Lowcountry. The First Continental Congress- A body of some 55 representatives appointed by legislatives of 12 North American Colonies ●Articles of Association – Petition of Grievances against Great Britain by the American Colonies , and a united decision to impose economics to pressure a resolution – 1774. ●Apart of Articles of Association – South Carolinians Thomas Lynch, Christopher Gadsden, & Gov. John Rutledge signed it. –S.C. Governor John Rutledge drafted a letter to the King of England explaining the harsh punishments of the Intolerable Acts in the Colonies. The Second Continental Congress ●Second Continental Congress_ - A body of delegates from the 13 colonies that met in Philadelphia shortly after the Revolutionary war began. –The War began in 1775 –The Congress first met & created the Continental Army to fight against the British. George Washington was appointed by the Congress to be the army’s commander ●The Second Continental Congress Adopted – The Declaration of Independence – the U.S. document that announced on July 4th, 1776 that the American Colonies should be proclaimed free from Great Britain. –At First – S.C. delegates voted against independence. –In a second vote – S.C. delegates changed their minds & voted in favor of Independence from Great Britain. ●*The Four South Carolina Signers of the Declaration of Independence – Governor Rutledge, Lynch, Arthur Middleton, & Thomas Heyward Jr. ●South Carolinian Henry Laurens – President of the Continental Congress ●*Articles of Confederation - The First Constitution of the United States. –It was adopted to united all colonies as states in 1781. |
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