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Chapter 5 - 3
A Divided ColonySlide2Slide3
Establishing a Government
-Lords Proprietors responsibility
-Governor & Grand Council
Representatives of the Proprietors
Elected by the Carolina nobility
Representatives of the freemen or people of the colonySlide4
Establishing a Government
Council
controlled all branches of the government
Legislature
Court
Executive The MAJORITY of each group was needed to pass a law. Slide5
Establishing a Government
Three Improvements
By having a majority of each group gave the people an equal voice in the government.
Jury system
Nonmembers of the Church of England would not be taxed to support the church. This gave freedom of religion and freedom of conscience.Slide6
Establishing a Government
1692
Set aside the Fundamental Constitutions and created the Commons House of Assembly (Voice of the people)
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L Grand Council
Commons House
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Representatives of the Proprietors
Elected by the Carolina nobility
Representatives of the freemen or people of the colonySlide7
North and South Carolina
A very large colony
Deputy government for the northern part of Carolina
Northern --
Tobacco
Early settlers from Virginia
No Seaports because of Sounds - kept ties with VA for seaports 1689 Governor Edward Hyde became independent of S Carolina governorSlide8
Conflicts in the Colony
1680s no more free land to settlers
contract - quitrent
colonists wanted to own land outright
Dissenters - Protestants who were not Anglicans - disagreed with colonial government - New colonists
Goose Creek Men - from near Goose Creek - Anglicans - wanted to keep status quo Slide9
Dissenters Goose Creek Men
Disagreed with gov’t
Beliefs
Keep Status Quo- keep power
Protestant Religion
Anglicans Didn’t like French Huguenots Liked Yes - for more power
Disenfranchised No Sided with Dissenters French Huguenots Passed law to give vote
Conflicts in the colonySlide10
Conflicts in the Colony
Governor Archdale
Made both sides
compromise
A penny an acre quitrent Quitrents paid in farm products Regulate Indian Trade
Annual Registration fee for Indians to be able to trade Annual fee in the form of wolf, panther, bear or wildcat skin
No alcohol to be sold to Indians Slide11
War with the Spanish p.134
1670 - Spanish attacks Charles Town and lost
Spanish recognized the English right to settle Charles Town
1702 War of the Spanish Succession (Europe)
English are going to attack the Spanish possessions in Europe
Spanish start harassing the Southern part of SC SC retaliates by attacking St. Augustine (Dissenters did not want to attack)
Governor Moore led the attack party to St. Augustine and captured itSlide12
War with the Spanish
After six weeks Spanish reinforcements arrived
SC troops burned the town and their own ships and returned home by land.
More raids to FL happened over the next 4 years
1706 Spanish retaliated by attacking Charles Town. Colonist won with few casualties. After this defeat SC had no more trouble with SpainSlide13
Politics and Religion p. 135
1697 Huguenots are granted citizenship
All white males are granted same rights as Englishmen
This solved a lot of problems between factions but Dissenters were afraid the Assembly would make the Anglican Church the official church of SC.Slide14
Politics and Religion
1704 Governor calls emergency meeting.
Before Dissenters arrive, the GCM vote to ban all Dissenters from holding office!
1704 Church Act - established the Anglican Church as the official church of SC
Takes tax $ from Dissenters to support church
Ended religious equality
Dissenters appeals to England to overturn the laws.Slide15
Politics and Religion
The English House of Lords rejects the Church Act.
1706 Church Act Compromise
Anglican Church the official church
Dissenters could regain their right to hold office and worship freely.
Restored religious equality
Divided the colony into 10 parishes These parishes were responsible for keeping births, deaths, marriages, and disease
Churches became election districts until 1865Slide16
War with the Indians p.136
Other problems
small battles between the colonist and the Indians
1711 - The first of several Indian wars
Tuscarora Indians heard they were gonna be moved from their land and attacked
NC vs Tuscarora Indians - several families died and over 200 North Carolinians - they asked SC for help
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War with the Indians
SC sent help (Colonel John Barnwell) destroying the Tuscarora settlement.
Barnwell made peace with the tribe and returned home to SC
Yemassee - 1715-1716 in SC
Moved near Beaufort from FL because of mistreatment by Spanish
Helped attack St. Augustine in 1702. English treated them better
April 15, 1715 - they attacked the English settlements because of being cheated and mistreated in business dealsSlide18
War with the Indians
Three stages
June 6, 1715 - SC militia defeated Indians
Until January 27, 1716 - Cherokee helped settlers
November 1717 - peace treaty signed
Most Yemassee were dead and the ones that were left moved back to FLSlide19
War with the Indians
Lessons learned
They were responsible for their own protection
They could not depend on their own militia either (harvesting their crops)
They learned they had to treat the Natives better to avoid future wars.Slide20
The End of the Proprietors
1st problem -
Who is going to control the colony? Proprietors or colonists?
Colonists felt the Proprietors were not supporting them with enough supplies or money.
Proprietors did feel like the colonists were obedient enough & were costing them profits.
All the proprietors sold their shares except 3. The colony was costing them too much money.Slide21
The End of the Proprietors
Proprietors told colonists that all the laws of England would apply here too.
When rumors of a new attack by the Spanish surfaced in 1719, they appealed to the King of England for protection instead of the Proprietors.
Governor Robert Johnson refused to serve during dispute so colonists elect James Moore Jr. This action moved SC closer to becoming a Royal Colony.
King negotiated with the Proprietors for South Carolina. It took 10 years for them to reach an agreement.
1729 South Carolina became a royal colony under the King of England.