1. Low Country/Up Country Tensions

2. There were tensions between the Low Country and Up Country
Economic differences
Political differences
Social differences

3. Both groups suffered economically as a result of the Revolutionary War
Low Country:
Mercantilist policies protected them while SC was a colony
Now Great Britain turned on them when they became independent
Planters owed money to creditors in England and could not pay
Up Country:
Fighting ravaged the countryside
Slaves, livestock, and goods were taken by the British
US and state governments could not pay for goods they seized from citizens during fighting

4. Political Changes 1785: counties and county courts were created
1786: capital moved to Columbia
Center of the state
Equally accessible to Low Country and Up Country
Low Country resisted giving power to Up Country
Feared Up Country farmers did not support slavery
Resistance will end with the invention of the cotton gin