1. What was the most significant contribution the Native
Americans made to settlement of the New World?
a. Hieroglyphics
b. Agriculture
c. bows and arrows
d. Mounds
Answer: b
2. Who were the Lords Proprietors?
a. A group of religious separatist
b. Men who received large areas of land from the King of England
c. Men who wanted South Carolina to become a royal colony
d. Military leaders who came to control Native Americans
Answer: b
Notes/Discussion: Slavery
Key Focus:
 Rebellion
 Causes
 Stono Rebellion
 Slave Codes [the Negro Act of 1740]
Student Group Activity: SRM p. 48
Closure: Mix *Pair* Share
Independent Practice:
Explain the significance of resistance to
slavery, including the Stono Rebellion
and subsequent laws to control slaves
Indicator 8-1.4

Explain the
significance of enslaved and
free Africans in the
developing culture and
economy of the South and
South Carolina, including
the growth of the slave
trade and resulting
population imbalance
between African and
European settlers: African
contributions to
agricultural development:
and the resistance to
slavery, including the Stono
Rebellion and subsequent
laws to control slaves
Students learned about the transfer of the
institution of slavery into South Carolina,
including the slave trade and the role of African
Americans in the developing plantation economy,
the daily lives of African American slaves, the
Gullah culture, and African American acts of
resistance (3-2.5). Students also learned about
the impact of enslaved and free people on the
developing culture and economy of North
America (4-2.3), and slave revolts (4-2.4)
Explain the significance of resistance to
slavery, including the Stono Rebellion
and subsequent laws to control slaves
Quick
Review
 Why were colonial leaders becoming increasingly
nervous about the slave population?
 Why did they not limit the number of slaves coming
into the colony?
 How many of you have refused to do something you
were asked to do?
 What were some of the things you did to show
resistance?
 What were the consequences of your actions?
Explain the significance of resistance to
slavery, including the Stono Rebellion
and subsequent laws to control slaves
How do you think slaves Slavery
Resistance
would typically show
resistance?
Insurrection (revolt)
 Slow-down in the fields
 Break tools
 Defiance
 Play sick
 Self-mutilation
 Run away
How would enslaved Africans show
resistance?
Explain the significance of resistance to
slavery, including the Stono Rebellion
and subsequent laws to control slaves
 The Stono Rebellion was a slave revolt near
Charles Town, that significantly increased
the concern of population imbalance in the
southern colonies
 This uprising began when a small group of slaves, who
wanted to escape to St Augustine Florida where the
Spanish said they would be free, broke into a store on
the Stono River and killed two settlers.
 Using their drums, the rebels summoned more slaves to
join them.
 By the end of the day, many settlers and slaves had been
killed
 Causes
 The rise of slavery and the
plantation system in South
Carolina
 The mistreatment of
African Slaves
 The population imbalance
of blacks to whites
 The rise of slave leaders
who were willing to
organize the rebellion
 Effects
 The passing of ”Black
Codes” intended to control
and monitor the slaves
 Harsh punishment for any
slave involved in any
uprising
 Increased tensions between
plantation owners and
African slaves
 More efforts to prevent
future slave rebellions
Explain the significance of resistance to
slavery, including the Stono Rebellion
and subsequent laws to control slaves
On your white boards, please list as many
affects of the Stono Rebellion as you can.
Explain the significance of resistance to
slavery, including the Stono Rebellion
and subsequent laws to control slaves
 I Do: The teacher will model how to answer questions by
using informational text found on pages 48 & 49 in the
SRM
 We Do: Work together to answer questions on page 48 of
the SRM
 You Do: The students will complete the handout by
answering remaining questions
 Students will then share responses
Guided Practice
Focus discussion on why Stono
Rebellion changed South Carolina.
 Comments and Questions:
 On a separate sheet of paper, without
the help of your notes, please list two
things that you learned today.
 Then write down at least one
question that you may have about
todays lesson or something that you
would like to know more about.