Chapter Three Review

1. Chapter Three Review Colonial North Carolina

2. The Tuscarora chief combined hospitality with a show of strength when he invited the Englishmen to visit one of his hunting camps. • The chief brought 250 warriors with him as a show of strength. In 1653, how did the Tuscarora greet the Europeans?

3. For religious freedom, for adventure, to make a living, because they were forced to come. Why did colonists come to America?

4. Geography, especially climate and natural resources, and access to overseas markets. List the factors that determined where the colonists settled.

5. Rich soil and a long growing season. What set the stage for the development of a plantation economy through the Southern colonies?

6. To survive the colony’s wilderness. Why were colonial women forced to develop new skills?

7. The practice of a man’s gaining complete control over his wife’s property. Legally, women had few rights. What was coverture?

8. To make English merchants rich and to strengthen England’s economy. What were the goals of the Lord Proprietors for the colonies?

9. The Lord Proprietors declared Albemarle and Charles Town were too far apart to be run by a single governor, and so they split the colony. • The northern part of the colony was called North Carolina. Explain the beginnings of the name, North Carolina.

10. Africans captured were brought to a slave-trading port along the West African coast. They were packed into slave ships where they were chained with little space to move. • The space was suffocating and hot, and disease was rampant. Cries of the sick and the dying filled the air. Describe the Middle Passage where almost one billion people died before they ever reached the Americas.

11. To stay waterproof, ships and ropes had to be constantly coated with tar and pitch. These substances, known as naval stores, came from pine trees. Pine Trees were in plentiful supply in the Carolinas. Carolinians played an important role in the Atlantic shipping industry. Explain.

12. The classes were the following: upper classes which included wealthy planters and town merchants • Artisans or tradesmen which included blacksmiths, wheelwrights, hat makers, and seamstresses • Wage Earners, slaves, and indentured servants performed much of the colony’s heavy labor. • At the bottom of the social scale were the enslaved Indians and Africans who had no chance for freedom. Many times indentured servants were not treated much better than slaves. Describe the distinct classes of people in the colonies.

13. Daniel Boone and his wife, Rebecca, had 10 children and raised several nieces and nephews. They worked together to run their household. • Daniel farmed, hunted, and worked together with his male relatives to build barns, houses, and furniture. • Some of Rebecca’s tasks included growing vegetables, milking cows, carrying water, making soap, spinning thread, weaving cloth, and raising children. • Rebecca was a healer, and Daniel’s renowned hunting skills made him an American legend. He relied on Indian strategies for tracking, trapping, and survival. Describe the yeoman couple, Daniel and Rebecca Boone. Include at least three facts in your description.

14. Africans learned English, and gave their children African names. • The southern banjo was modeled after an African instrument. • Slaves’ homes were built with high roofs which was a traditional African building technique. • The African love of spices created a spicy Southern cuisine. • They decorated graves with shells and pottery and believed that the spirits of the dead would return to Africa. Describe how the Africans began to build and African American culture that blended African traditions with their new circumstances.

15. John Lawson An adventurous Englishman who explored North Carolina and wrote detailed descriptions of the people, places, plants, and animals, and helped to establish the town of Bath.

16. Granville District The name of the northern half of North Carolina resulting from Lord Granville refusing to sell his rights to George II.

17. The Great Wagon Road It opened up North Carolina’s backcountry known as the Piedmont for settlement.

18. The Treaty of Paris (The Paris Treaty) of 1763 Ending the nine year French and Indian War, this document was signed by the British, French, and Spanish.

19. Immigrants Characteristics of this group included a focus on family farming and self-sufficiency, as well as political and religious independence.

20. Culpeper’s Rebellion This conflict resulted from opposition to the Navigation Acts which taxed the colonists and gave the British a monopoly on products from the colonies.

21. The French and Indian War This conflict lasted for nine years, pitting the British and the colonists against the Indians and the French, and ended with the French departing and the Indians signing the Treaty of Augusta.

22. Moravians A group of immigrants who were pacifists and whose lives were controlled by the Moravian Church.

23. Treaty of Augusta An agreement signed by the colonial authorities and a group of Indians that included the Cherokee and the Creek. Indian leaders agreed to give up land in exchange for a promise that they would be left alone on the remaining land.