Today you will: Next, you will: Work together in groups of 2 Monday, 9/21/15 Agenda Today you will: Work together in groups of 2 be given a excerpt from Captain Hilton’s “Relation of a Discovery”. Read the excerpt and discuss and write down the following things: any words/phrases that seem strange to you. some of the things that Captain Hilton was describing. Next, you will: Work with your class partner and create a brochure advertising land in the new colony using the reading as a guide. Make sure you illustrate the brochure with pictures based on the descriptive words in the reading. You must have 10 facts from the reading included in your brochure.
Charles Town, South Carolina Settlement and Change Charles Town, South Carolina
The English Establish Carolina Founded as Proprietary colony (owner or manager) King Charles II granted land to 8 English nobleman known as the Lords Proprietors. Repayment for their loyalty and help reclaiming the throne. Given complete power over ruling colony. They hoped to make a profit by charging a quitrent-annual rent on land. John Locke hired to write Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina. Created to govern colony. Addressed religious toleration. Included a provision for establishing social class system. Never carried out. Designed to attract settlers.
The English Establish Carolina Proprietors granted large tracts of land to settlers. Encouraged immigration. Used headright system. Led to large plantations based on cash crops. Settlers first came from the British colony of Barbados. Brought well-developed slave system with them. Established first permanent settlement-Charles Town. Other settlers came from other European countries Searching for religious freedom. Attracted by Fundamental Constitutions. Came from diverse religious backgrounds: French Huguenots and Judaism.
Charles Town Location provided good protection-high bluff for looking out. Wall built around town. Town grew steadily in first decade. Layout of streets and homes was random and lacked organization. Town population grew too fast causing overcrowding. Town moved to Oyster Point in 1680. Streets laid out in a grid Land set aside for a church, town house and public square. After the American Revolution, Charles Town renamed Charleston.
The Barbados Connection
The Barbados Connection As sugar cane plantations increased, labor needs increased too. First, planters used indentured servants and prisoners for labor. Discovered slave labor more profitable because lifetime labor unlike indentured servant and prison labor. West Africans brought in as slave labor. Wealthy planters controlled island’s economy-”plantocracy.” Only landowners could vote and hold office. Most people living on island had little power. By the 1660s, Barbados overpopulated and many poor white colonists left to find fortunes elsewhere.
The Barbados Connection By 1670, West African slaves outnumbered the white colonists. Fear of uprisings and slave rebellions arose. Strict slave codes were passed to control slaves. Law gave complete power to slave owners. Slave owners could abuse, torture or kill slaves without being punished. Slave codes would become model for similar laws in SC. SC would be colonized by a very diverse group of people. Emigrants from Barbados had advantages over European colonists. Familiarity with climate. Immunity to diseases.