2. When Did Christopher Columbus Sail to America? 1492______

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Exploration and Settlement Study Guide

1. What reasons did the European explorers have for coming to South Carolina? __to claim land and riches ______2. When did Christopher Columbus sail to America? _1492______3. Where was Christopher Columbus trying to get to when he found America? __India______4. What 3 countries sent explorers to America? _Spain, France, England______5. What did Hernando de Soto do when he met the Cofitachequi tribe in SC? _captured their leader______7. Why did so many of the early settlements fail? _not enough food to last the winter______5. What part did the Native Americans play in the success of the English colony in SC? ___the deerskin they traded was the colony’s main export______6. How did the Cherokee War start? How did it end? _Settlers held Cherokee peacekeepers prisoner - At the end the Cherokee were forced into the Blue Ridge______7. How did the Yemassee War start? How did it end? _The colonists were building on Yemassee land__ _At the end the Yemassee were forced into Georgia and Florida______9. What was the first successful settlement in SC and what country started it? __Charles Town was started_ __by England______10. What were the 8 people called that King Charles gave land to in the Americas? __Lords Proprietors______11. Which of those men was most important to SC? _Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper______12. What is a colony? _a settlement of people in a new land that stay loyal to a home country___ 13. What were the crops that low country farmers grew that they needed? _corn, beans, carrots, potatoes 14. What were the cash crops that low country farmers grew to sell in England? sugarcane, rice, indigo 15. What is indigo? _a plant used to make a deep blue dye______16. Who was the first person to grow the indigo plant in SC? _Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney______17. What is a cash crop? _a crop that is grown to be sold______18. Where did slavery come to SC from? __plantations in the West Indies______19. What is slavery? _the practice of owning people as property and forcing them to work______20. What is a plantation? __a large farm______21. What kind of schedule were slaves forced to work? _14-15 hours a day, 6 days a week______22. How did slaves communicate with each other? _Gullah & singing songs______23. Where am I from? a. Hernando de Soto-_Spain______b. Henry Woodward-__England______c. Juan Pardo- _Spain______d. Jean Ribault- __France______e. William Hilton-_England______f. Christopher Columbus-_Spain______

7. Why was Dr. Henry Woodward so important to the first colonist? ___He was South Carolina’s first English settler; he learned from the Native Americans and taught what he learned to the new colonists.______

HINT: Who were the 8 Lord’s Proprietors?

1. Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper 2. William 3. Sir William Berkeley 4. Edward Hyde 5. Sir George Carteret 6. George Monck 7. Sir John Colleton 8. Lord John Berkeley