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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