Study Guide for the Chapter 5 and 6 Test
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TEST DATE: Tuesday, March 11th
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Information from Chapter 5
People or Groups to know:
 Francis Nicholson
 King George I
 King George III
 Regulators
 Christopher Gadsden
 Patriots
 Loyalists
 Commons House of Assembly
Know the following:
1. What were the 3 colonies that originally made up the colony of Carolina?
__________________, ________________, and ________________
2. Why did Carolina become two separate colonies in 1729?
The two major settlements of Carolina were very far apart(with many
natural barriers like swamps, rivers, and unsettled land) and it was very
difficult to govern and control them.
3. Why did the southern part of South Carolina split in 1732? ____________
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4. Why did the colonists of SC become unhappy with the Lords Proprietors?
The colonists felt unsafe and were afraid of attacks. The proprietors
did not believe the colonists were at risk therefore they did not want to
spend any money on building forts.
5. How did the colonists respond to the failures of the Lords Proprietors?
They petitioned King George to become a royal colony.
6. Why did they want to be a royal colony? __________________________
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7. How did farming and the export of rice affect the settlement of SC? ____
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8. Why did SC have such a large number of immigrants coming to settle
especially in parts of the Up Country? ____________________________
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9. Why was it difficult for the government in Charles Town to enforce laws and
protect settlers in the Up Country?
Charles Town was just too far away, so they had to later develop a
circuit or traveling court system.
10. In SC colonial government, who had to give final approval before any new
laws were enforced? ______________________
11. Why was SC’s General Assembly created when the representatives decided
to form a state constitution following the First Continental Congress?
(Remember members of the General Assembly were elected by the people of
SC) ______________________________________________________
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12. What was the Stamp Act? ____________________________________
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13. What was the Tea Act? ______________________________________
14. What was the Declaratory Act?
The Declaratory Act basically stated that Great Britain was the “mother
country” and superior to the colonies. The purpose of the Declaratory
Act was to make it clear to the colonies that the British government had
the right to tax them as they saw fit.
15. What were the Intolerable Acts?
The Intolerable Acts were a series of laws passed by the British to
punish them for the Boston Tea Party.
16. What was the Charles Town Tea Party? ___________________________
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Information from Chapter 6
People or Groups to know:
1. Francis Marion- _____________________________________________
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2. Thomas Sumter- ____________________________________________
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3. Andrew Pickens- ____________________________________________
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4. Catherine Moore Barry (Kate)- __________________________________
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5. Emily Geiger- a messenger for General Greene who was caught crossing
enemy lines; she destroyed the message by eating it and after she was
released she was able to deliver the message because she had read it…
6. Rebecca Motte- _____________________________________________
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7. William Moultrie- ___________________________________________
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Know the following:
8. How did SC and the other colonies help Boston after the Boston Tea Party
and the passage of the Intolerable Acts?
They sent supplies and boycotted British goods.
9. Where did the first shot of the war also know as “the shot heard round the
world” take place?
Lexington and Concord in the colony of Massachusetts
10. Who did the colonists choose to be the leader of the Continental Army?
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11. What is a Patriot or Rebel? ___________________________________
12. What is a Loyalist or Tory? ___________________________________
13. What happened at the Battle of Sullivan’s Island? ___________________
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14. What was the Declaration of Independence and when was it approved?
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15. Battle of King’s Mountain- The battle itself was not huge- in fact, there
were virtually no British soldiers at the battle. Instead, it was a battle
between Patriots which also included the legendary “Overmountain Men”
from NC, Tennessee, and Kentucky, and loyalists. In other words, it was a
battle of Americans against Americans. The regular army gave no official
order to fight and the battle only lasted an hour and involved 2,000 soldiers.
Nonetheless, the patriot troops defeated their loyalist enemies.
16. The Battle of Cowpens- At the Battle of Cowpens, Colonel Andrew Pickens
and General Daniel Morgan defeated a large British army. Together they
worked out a plan to win. They established a game of Cat and Mouse. They
ordered that only a few men should shoot at one time. They were to aim at
the officers first. General Morgan put Pickens and the militiamen out front.
The general told them to fire and then move behind his troops. It would look
like they were running away. The British would chase them and run right into
Morgan’s men. When the British troops marched forward, the militiamen
followed the plan. The Patriots killed many British officers, and then they
moved out of the way. Some of the British retreated, and the rest moved
ahead as General Morgan had said they would. Many were killed and the
Americans won the battle.
17. Why was the Battle of Cowpens so important to the Patriot cause during the
American Revolution? ________________________________________
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