The Branches of Government

 1. A term for a House of Representative.

2 years

2. How many Representatives does SC have?

6

3. Who is Florence's Representative in Congress?

Jim Clyburn

4. Minimum age for a Representative?

25 years old

5. Minimum age for a Senator?

30 years old

6. Citizenship status of a Representative?

Lived in America

at least 7 years

7. Citizenship status of a Senator?

Lived in America

at least 9years

8. Who are the US Senators from SC?

Lindsey Graham, Jim Demint

9. A term for a Senator?

6 years

10. How many Senators does each state receive?

2

11. Who impeaches?

House of Representatives

12. Who has the power to declare war?

Congress

13. Who votes on the president if no candidate receives the majority of the votes?

House of Representatives

14. Our legislative branch is called         .

Congress

15. A term for president.

4 years

16. Citizenship status of a President.

natural born

17. How long can the President serve as President?

2 terms or 10 years

18. Who chooses the President and V.P of the U.S?

electoral college

19. How many supreme court justices are there?

9

20. Who is the current chief justice of the supreme court?

John Roberts

21. Who becomes President if something happens to the current President?

Vice President

22. How many electoral votes does SC have?

8

23. What is the minimum number of votes a Presidental Candidate has to recieve to become President?

270

24. The goal of a            is for each party to narrow their Presidental candidate to one person.

Primary

25. At the               each party announces their selection for Presdential Candidate.

National Convention

Unit 5

26. What is a proprietor?

person given land by king

27. How did the Ashlry and Cooper rivers get there name?

one of the lords proprietors

28. What chaotic event was taking place in England that took focus away from settling Carolina?

English Civil War

29. In the 1663 Charter of Carolina, how far west did Carolina extend?

to Pacific Ocean

30. Why was Carolina named after king Charles I?

He granted the first charter

31. Besides the Native Americans, what other group of people were a threat to settlers in Carolina?

Spainish

32. Why was Albermarle point chosen for the first English settlement in SC?

on ocean, easy to access

33. What 2 groups of people struggled for power in Carolina?

Barbadians and the english settlers

34. What was the purpose of having planned tha city of Charles Town?

So city could grow

35. What was the purpose of building a wall around Charles Town?

protection from Native Americans

36. Why was Charles Town moved to Albermarle Point?

Land was too low and marshy

37. What goods did colonists in Carolina ship to the West Indies?

beef, Native American slaves

38. Who wrote the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina?

Anthony Ashley Cooper, John Locke

39. Who held the most power under the FCC?

Lords Proprietors

40. What determined how much power a person has under the FCC? 

How much land they owned

41. Why were FCC never put into effect?

settlers never approved

42. Where were half of the english settlers in SC from?

Barbados

43. In 1669, what 3 ships left england for the new world?

Albermarle, Carolina, Port Royal

44. Why did Charles II give the Lords Proprietors a second charter to Carolina?

they helped him regain the throne

45. Which Proprietor showed the most interest in settling Carolina?

Anthony Ashley Cooper

46. Who did Charles I give the first charted to settle Carolina in 1629?

Robert Heath

47. Who was Charles Town named after?

Charles II

48. Give three reasons why Carolina had trouble settling in the begining?

Proprietors lost interest, English Civil War, People wanted to settle in a successful colony

49. What were three sources of income for the settlers when they first settled in Carolina?

Sold- hardwood,cattle and naval stores

50. Who was the first Governor to have an impact in Carolina?

 William Sayle

51. What were three reasons the relocation of Charles Town was important?

large harbor, peninsula, planned city

 The Economy and Gov. of SC

Unit 6

52. What was SC'S first cash crop known as Carolina Gold?

Rice

53. Why were the settlers from Barbados so successful in SC?

Knew how to run plantations

54. What were the pitch and tar from naval stores used for?

used to waterproof boats

55. What is Merchantilism?

export more than you import

56. Why did the colonists in SC not like the navigation Acts?

They could only trade through Great Britian

57. Because of navigation Acts, what crops could the colonists only sell to england?

tobacco, indigo, and rice

58. Why was indigo a valuable cash crop?

 was used to make blue dye

59. Why were african slaves needed in SC?

to work on plantations

60. What part of Africa did most of the slaves in SC come from?

western coast

61. What was the purpose of the slave codes?

 keep slaves from rebelling

62. What is Gullah?

mixture of african and english language

63. What was the major diffrence between a proprietary and royal government?

proprietary was ruled by proprietors

royal was ruled by a king

64. What was the glorious revolution?

when william and mary overthrew James II

65. Why were the colonists unhappy with the proprietary gov. in SC?

werent being protected from pirates, spainish, and Native Americans

66. What kind of crime did pirates usually commit?

stealing ships and there goods

67. What is the diffrence between a pirate and a privateer?

privateer work for England to destroy spainish ships. and pirates are outlaws that break the law

68. Why did the gov. give free land, tools and food for a certain amount of time to settle in the newly created townships of SC?

so more people would come to SC

69. Why did it take 10 yrs. for C to go from a proprietary colony to a royal colony?

they had to get approval of all the proprietors

70. what was the purpose of Alexander Cumming meeting with many of the Cheroke Chiefs in the Carolinas?

To make peace

What was the middle passage?

Slaves voyage across Atlantic Ocean

72. What was the largest slave revolt that took place on Sept.9 1739?

Stono Rebellion

73. What group in SC in the late 17th century had knowledge about growing rice?

 Arican Slaves

74. What SC governor developed the township plan?

 Robert Johnson

75. What was the major cause of the Yamassee war?

Colonists settled and invaded indian land

76. What did the SC colonists build to guard against future attacks from the Native Americans?

forts