The Carolinas
By: Brittany S, Kayla K, & Katherine F
Block 3
Key Terms
• Grand Model Government
• Lords Proprietors
• Royal Colony
People
Charles I
Charles II
John Locke
• Yamasee War
Events
• Tuscarora War
• Stono Rebellion
• Founding
• Splitting
History
• The province of Carolina chartered in 1629.
•
A group of eight faithful men in the Lords Proprietors were
rewarded land for their faithful support of the king of England,
Charles II, in 1663.
•
The split of Carolina was caused by dissent over the governance in
1712, as the northern half of Carolina was mostly liberal.
North Carolina
Carolina, 1663
South Carolina
Government
● 1663-1729- Lords Proprietor control
● Grand Model government
● Two primary government units
● One unit of government based in Charleston
● 1720s- revolutionary government formed
○ Yamasee War (1715-1717)
Government Comparison
North Carolina
South Carolina
● Sold in 1729
● Sold in 1719
● Most democratic
● Fundamental Constitution of Carolina
● Most independent minded
● Aristocratic
● Least aristocratic
● Religious toleration
● Religious freedom
Population
• South Carolina- the largest
populations of Africans in the
colonies.
• 1708- majority of the population
were slaves
• 1700’s  10,700 people living in North
Carolina consisting of a diverse
population
 5,700 people living in Southern
Carolina.
Culture of North Carolina
o Southern culture
 Colony of small farms
o Women provided most of the agricultural and domestic labor.
o Women were expected to marry and become mothers
o Men were often referred to as a patriarch
o Boys would go to work with their fathers, and daughters were given more household
chores.
Culture of South Carolina
• Plantation culture
• The blending of African traditions called the Gullah culture.
• Women- could not own land, vote, or hold any type of office in government.
 Their responsibilities were mainly within the household, to bear children, and to take care of her husband
• Colony of large plantations
“sweetgrass” baskets
Religion
North Carolina
•
Mostly Religious Freedom
•
No state religion
•
Baptists, Anglicans, Judaism, and
Religious Society of Friends
South Carolina
•
Christian religion is the true religion
•
God is to publicly be worshipped
•
Religion of the state: Christian
Protestant religion
Economy
North Carolina
● Slave trade less prominent
● Small tobacco farms
South Carolina
● Massive plantations (self-sufficient)
○ Agriculture
● North slaves “sold south”
● Largest slave population
● Not as valuable to England
● American Indian slave trade
● Relied on the slaves for European
wealth
● Very valuable
Relationship with Native Americans
North Carolina
• North Carolinians and Yamasee
waged war on the Tuscarora.
• North Carolina requested backup
from other colonies.
• Colony militia and 500 Yamasee
marched to Tuscarora territory,
killing nearly 800.
• Tuscarora chief signs a peace treaty
South Carolina
• Yamasee War.
• Yamassee Indians have a large debt
with the settlers
• White fur traders enslaved women and
children
• Yamasee and other tribes attacked
southern settlements
• Over one hundred killed. Settlers flee.