Exploration and Settlement of
SC
Exploration and settlement of
SC
Development of the Carolina colony
under the Lords Proprietors and the royal
colonial government.
Today we will summarize
the development of our
state of SC by specific
inhabitants.
Settlement and trade by Barbados and
the influence of other immigrant groups.
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People from many
different cultures
settled in South
Carolina during
colonial times
Each group made a
significant
contribution to the
culture and
character of South
Carolina.
The English
were the first
to establish a
permanent
colony in the
SC.
Look back in your notes on
the explorers. Who was the
explorer who began the
settlement of Charles Town
and what is it called today?
Charles Town was a successful colony
because the English and the Native
American’s learned how to cooperate
and help each other.
Great Britain was the first
European country to
take an interest in the
Carolina coast
 They claimed land in
North America that
would become South
Carolina, North Carolina
and Georgia.
 King Charles gave the
entire area to eight
Lords Proprietors for a
repayment of a debt,
and they named it
Carolina.
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King Charles II
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A proprietor is a
business or land
owner.
A proprietor has
the right to say
how their
property is used.
Sometimes
proprietors work
as a group to
settle one area.
If you were one
of the Lords
Proprietors, what
would be the first
thing you did to
develop your
new permanent
colony?
Turn and
discuss this
with your
neighbor
As a Lord
Proprietor, what
would you to do
to attract people
to move to your
new permanent
colony?
Turn and discuss
this with your
neighbor.
One of the
Proprietors
was Lord
Ashley
Cooper.
The two rivers
in Charleston
were named
for him.
He is known as
the most
energetic of
the
Proprietors.
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This was a document that
set 128 articles or rules for
governing Carolina
The Constitutions of
Carolina established a
representative government
It guaranteed religious
freedom in the colony
By doing this they
transferred the traditions of
democratic government
from England to South
Carolina.
When the Lord
Proprietor’s
decided to
explore
Carolina and
build their
colony, they
needed
people to live
there.
They offered
English settlers
land, religious
freedom, and
voting rights to
come to the
new land.
Why would
religious
freedom be
appealing
potential
colonists?
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Settlers left Great Britain
and traveled to
Barbados where they
picked up more settlers
and slaves
Barbados is an English
Colony in the Caribbean
Sea.
The Barbadians grew
sugar cane on large
plantations and made a
fortune for themselves
and England.
They needed more land
to expand their
plantation system.
The plantation system on
Barbados became the
model for the Carolina
settlement.
Barbados
Rice Plantations
Indigo Plantations
South Carolina
became one of
the richest of
the thirteen
colonies
because of their
rice and indigo
plantations
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The Huguenots were
French Protestants
who were persecuted
or treated badly in
Catholic France.
They were forced to
go to the Catholic
church.
They came to South
Carolina for religious
freedom.
The Huguenots started
the South Carolina
Society which started
schools and helped
the poor.
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European Jews were
also attracted to the
colony because of
its religious freedom.
They established a
synagogue in
Charleston
They contributed to
the city’s economic
growth.
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The German and Scotch-Irish
people came to settled the
backcountry, or up country
as we know it.
This area became known as
the breadbasket of the
colony.
These rugged individualists
were hardworking farmers.
They were sometimes
scorned or looked down on
by the elite or rich people of
the coast.
The Native American’s in the back
country continued to threaten the new
settlers
 The settlers did not feel that the Lords
Proprietors were protecting them
 They asked the King to take over the
colony
 King Charles did take over the colony
 He sent a Royal Governor to govern or
take charge of South Carolina
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Back country
You are a Lords
Proprietor trying
to encourage
new settlers to
settle on your
new land. In
your notebook,
create a flyer
to attract
settlers.
Remember to
look back in
your notes to
see how they
enticed people
to move to
their land!