Early Settlement Attempts Chapter 5 Section 1 Early Settlement Attempts
Section 1 Sir Robert Heath 31 Degrees and 36 Degrees North Lattitude English Civil War The Restoration Lords Proprietors
Section 1 Lords Proprietors Explored Carolina - Capt William Hilton Charles Town Cape Fear River - NC - Failed within 3 years Indian Hostility Lack of Support from LP’s
Section 1 Charles Town Colony Anthony Ashley Cooper $100,000 each Quitrent Must settle in order to make $$$$
Section 1 The First Settlers 1665-1666 London Bubonic Plague - 100,000 fatalities - The Great Fire of London 100 Men, Women and Children Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina Form of Government - Freedom Religious Views Nobility System
Section 1 Headright System Each male got so much land depending on # of persons in family Establishing the First Settlement Carolina, Port Royal and the Albemarle - Joseph West England - Ireland - Barbados - Carolina John Yeamans - Governor
Section 1 Expedition Bermuda William Sayle - 1st official Governor of Carolina Governor of Bermuda - 80 years old - failing health - stubborn Port Royal Area Kiawah Indians Decided not to settle here
Section 1 Expedition Charles Town harbor Up Ashley River Albemarle Point April 1670
Section 1 A Difficult First Year Crops Fears - crops, attacks (wild animals, Indians, other European Nations) - Starvation Climate Diseases smallpox, measles, diarrhea, typhus, typhoid, and dysentery, Malaria
Section 1 Difficult First Year Diseases - yellow fever, tuberculosis and scarlet fever Indians Friendly at first Europeans mistreated, cheated, enslaved Land misunderstanding
Section 1 Charles Town Colony grew haphazardly houses - sticks and mud - later wattle and daub Palisade for protection Poor planning Rivalry - English and Barbadians
Section 1 Sayles dies Joseph West became governor John Yeamans arrives - New governor
Section 1 Moving Charles Town Poor Design Moved to Oyster Point page 126 More Symmetrical
Review Who was the first “owner” of Carolina? Who were the LP’s and what was the objective of the LP’s? What two events in England led people to want to move to the New World? What document came over with the first settlers of Carolina? What did that document declare? What fears made colonizing Carolina rough for the first year? What was the land misunderstanding? What were the problems with Charles Town at Albemarle Point? When Charles Town moved what were some improvements? Where did they move Charles Town to?