South Carolina Settlers

Question 1

French Huguenots: Where they settled?

Answer 1

Low Country

Question 2

French Huguenots: Who?

Answer 2

French Protestants who were persecuted in Catholic France and wanted religious freedom.

Question 3

French Huguenots: Contribution?

Answer 3

Started the SC Society (started schools and helped the poor)

Question 4

English: Where they settled?

Answer 4

Originally in the low country but spread throughout

Question 5

English: Who?

Answer 5

These settlers were the first to establish a permanent settlement in Carolina

Question 6

English: Contributions?

Answer 6

Lord Proprietors (8 friends of the King that he gave land in Carolina to as a payment for a debt)

Question 7

English: Contributions 1.

Answer 7

Fundamental Constitution of Carolina that established a government made of representatives (democracy)

Question 8

English: Contributions 2.

Answer 8

Attracted new settlers to the colony by offering religious freedom, free land, and a voice in making their own laws

Question 9

English: Contributions 3.

Answer 9

One of these proprietors was Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper for whom the rivers near Charleston are named.

Question 10

English: Plantation Systems

Answer 10

Many came from barbados where there were already rice and indigo plantations

Question 11

Slave Labor

Answer 11

workers for plantations

Question 12

European Jews: Where they settled

Answer 12

low country

Question 13

European Jews: Who

Answer 13

These colonists were attracted to the colony because of religious freedom

Question 14

European Jews: Contribution

Answer 14

They established a synagogue in the city and contributed to the city’s economy

Question 15

German/Scottish Irish: Who

Answer 15

The colonists wanted free land and religious freedom

Question 16

German/Scottish Irish: Contribution

Answer 16

Bread basket of the colony (harbested wheat and made bread)

Hardworking farmers (scorned by the elite of the coast)