1. Colonization
Part 3 – Early Carolina

2. Objectives
Locate the first permanent English settlement in South Carolina
Identify & Describe the 8 Lords Proprietors
Describe the area called Carolina
Describe some of the hardships faced by the early colonists at Charles Town

3. Carolina
Eventually, King Charles II becomes king and grants Carolina to eight of his friends who helped him become king
Grant included all of present-day South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and all land west to the Pacific Ocean
Eight friends become known as the 8 Lords Proprietors

5. Preparations for Journey
Lord Cooper recruited about 100
men, women, and children in 1669 to be the first permanent settlers in Carolina
Settlers carried “Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina” – form of government Proprietors expected to be followed
Colonists received land by Headright Method
Religious freedom guaranteed – included to attract settlers

6. A Hazardous Journey Left England for Barbados - August, 1669
Appointed William Sayle governor
Headed for Port Royal area
Decided to build settlement on Albemarle Point because protected from attack on several sides
Started Charles Town in April 1670

7. A Difficult First Year
Colonists feared attacks from wild animals, Indians, and other European nations
Colonists had to become “seasoned” to climate
Settlers faced diseases – smallpox, measles, typhus, typhoid, dysentery, malaria, tuberculosis, and scarlet fever
Settlement poorly planned

8. Moving Charles Town
Charles Town moved to Oyster Point – strip of land between the Ashley and Cooper Rivers in 1680
Faced Cooper River
Laid out in balanced, regular pattern
Charles Town capital of Carolina

9. Early Settlement of the Carolinas