EUROPEAN EXPLORATION OF NORTH AMERICA AND SOUTH EUROPEAN EXPLORATION OF NORTH AMERICA AND SOUTH CAROLINACAROLINA

SPANISH:SPANISH:MOTIVE – SEARCHING FOR MOTIVE – SEARCHING FOR GOLDGOLD….AND LATER….AND LATER WEALTH THROUGH WEALTH THROUGH MININGMINING AND AND PLANTATIONS PLANTATIONS CONVERTING THE NATIVE CONVERTING THE NATIVE PEOPLES TO THE PEOPLES TO THE CATHOLIC CATHOLIC RELIGION RELIGION (God, Gold, and Glory)(God, Gold, and Glory)

ACTIVITIES – SPANISH SOLDIERS CALLED ACTIVITIES – SPANISH SOLDIERS CALLED CONQUISTADORES CLAIMED LARGE AREAS CONQUISTADORES CLAIMED LARGE AREAS OF LAND IN OF LAND IN CENTRALCENTRAL AND AND SOUTH AMERICASOUTH AMERICA

THEY SET UP THEY SET UP ENCOMIENDASENCOMIENDAS, LARGE , LARGE PLANTATIONS, AND PUT NATIVE AMERICANS TO WORK AS PLANTATIONS, AND PUT NATIVE AMERICANS TO WORK AS SLAVES TO PRODUCE MORE WEALTH FOR SPAIN SLAVES TO PRODUCE MORE WEALTH FOR SPAIN

DISEASEDISEASE AND AND OVERWORKOVERWORK DECIMATED THE DECIMATED THE NATIVE POPULATION, SO NATIVE POPULATION, SO AFRICANSAFRICANS WERE THEN WERE THEN

BROUGHT OVER TO WORK THE SPANISH MINES AND BROUGHT OVER TO WORK THE SPANISH MINES AND PLANTATIONSPLANTATIONS

BY THE TIME OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BY THE TIME OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION THE SPANISH ESTABLISHED THE SPANISH ESTABLISHED MISSIONSMISSIONS ALONG THE ALONG THE

PACIFIC COASTPACIFIC COAST ENHANCING THEIR CLAIM TO THE AREA ENHANCING THEIR CLAIM TO THE AREA

ACCOMPLISHMENT – THEY BUILT CITIES, ACCOMPLISHMENT – THEY BUILT CITIES, ESTABLISHED ESTABLISHED UNIVERSITIESUNIVERSITIES, AND , AND INTRODUCED THE INTRODUCED THE CATHOLICCATHOLIC RELIGION TO RELIGION TO AMERICAAMERICA

FRENCH:FRENCH:MOTIVE – SEARCHED FOR THE MOTIVE – SEARCHED FOR THE NORTHWEST NORTHWEST PASSAGEPASSAGE, A WATERWAY , A WATERWAY TO ASIA. TO ASIA. ESTABLISHED TRADE IN ESTABLISHED TRADE IN FURSFURS WITH NATIVE AMERICANS.WITH NATIVE AMERICANS.

ACTIVITIES – CLAIMED THE AREA DOWN ACTIVITIES – CLAIMED THE AREA DOWN THE THE SAINT LAWRENCE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER RIVER FOR FRANCE.FOR FRANCE. FRENCHMEN TRAVELLED ALONG FRENCHMEN TRAVELLED ALONG THE THE

MISSISSIPPI RIVER MISSISSIPPI RIVER , AND , AND CLAIMED THE LAND FOR FRANCE, CLAIMED THE LAND FOR FRANCE, CALLING IT CALLING IT LOUISIANA LOUISIANA AFTER THEIR AFTER THEIR KING.KING.

ESTABLISHED GOOD ESTABLISHED GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE RELATIONS WITH THE NATIVE NATIVE AMERICANSAMERICANS SO THEY COULD ESTABLISH SO THEY COULD ESTABLISH THE THE FUR TRADE.FUR TRADE.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS - BROUGHT ACCOMPLISHMENTS - BROUGHT THE FRENCH THE FRENCH CULTURECULTURE TO AMERICA TO AMERICA

INTRODUCED THE INTRODUCED THE CATHOLICCATHOLIC RELIGION TO THEIR REGION (SINCE RELIGION TO THEIR REGION (SINCE FRENCH FRENCH PROTESTANTSPROTESTANTS WERE NOT WERE NOT ALLOWED TO IMMIGRATE TO THE ALLOWED TO IMMIGRATE TO THE

NEW WORLD)NEW WORLD)

ENGLISH :ENGLISH : MOTIVE – CLAIM LAND FOR THE ENGLISH KING MOTIVE – CLAIM LAND FOR THE ENGLISH KING SEARCH FOR GOLD BUT MANY STAYED TO SEARCH FOR GOLD BUT MANY STAYED TO

GROW GROW TOBACCO TOBACCO OTHERS CAME TO ESCAPE OTHERS CAME TO ESCAPE RELIGIOUS RELIGIOUS

PERSECUTIONPERSECUTION IN ENGLAND AND FOUNDED IN ENGLAND AND FOUNDED SOCIETIES BASED ON THEIR SHARED RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES BASED ON THEIR SHARED RELIGIOUS VALUESVALUES

ACTIVITIES – EXPLORED THE ACTIVITIES – EXPLORED THE ATLANTIC ATLANTIC COASTCOAST OF NORTH AMERICA OF NORTH AMERICA

ESTABLISHED ESTABLISHED PERMANENTPERMANENT SETTLEMENT SETTLEMENT

ON THE EAST COAST OF NORTH ON THE EAST COAST OF NORTH

AMERICA NAMING THEM AMERICA NAMING THEM VIRGINIAVIRGINIA AND AND

NEW ENGLANDNEW ENGLAND ACCOMPLISHMENTS – BROUGHT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS – BROUGHT THE

ENGLISH ENGLISH CULTURECULTURE AND AND LANGUAGELANGUAGE, , PROTESTANT PROTESTANT RELIGIONS, AND RELIGIONS, AND

IDEAS ABOUT IDEAS ABOUT SELF-GOVERNMENTSELF-GOVERNMENT

SPAINSPAIN, , FRANCEFRANCE, AND , AND ENGLAND ENGLAND ATTEMPTED TO ATTEMPTED TO SETTLE AND COLONIZE SOUTH CAROLINA AS SETTLE AND COLONIZE SOUTH CAROLINA AS PART OF THE PART OF THE COMPETITIONCOMPETITION FOR COLONIES FOR COLONIES THAT WOULD ENRICH THE MOTHER COUNTRY.THAT WOULD ENRICH THE MOTHER COUNTRY.

HERNANDO DE SOTO HERNANDO DE SOTO – LED A SPANISH – LED A SPANISH EXPEDITION THROUGH SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1540 EXPEDITION THROUGH SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1540 LOOKING FOR GOLD.LOOKING FOR GOLD.

SAN MIGUEL DE GUALDAPE SAN MIGUEL DE GUALDAPE – SPANISH – SPANISH SETTLEMENT ESTABLISHED IN THE SETTLEMENT ESTABLISHED IN THE 1520’S ON THE WACCAMAW RIVER 1520’S ON THE WACCAMAW RIVER NEAR GEORGETOWN. IT WAS NEAR GEORGETOWN. IT WAS ABANDONED DUE TO THE ABANDONED DUE TO THE LOSS OF LOSS OF SUPPLIES, AFRICAN SLAVE SUPPLIES, AFRICAN SLAVE REBELLION, INDIAN ATTACKSREBELLION, INDIAN ATTACKS

THE FRENCH ESTABLISHED THE FRENCH ESTABLISHED CHARLESFORTCHARLESFORT NEAR BEAUFORT NEAR BEAUFORT BUT ABANDONED IT IN THE 1560S BUT ABANDONED IT IN THE 1560S DUE TO LACK OF SUPPORT FROM DUE TO LACK OF SUPPORT FROM THE MOTHER COUNTRYTHE MOTHER COUNTRY

THE SPANISH RETURNED TO THE SPANISH RETURNED TO ESTABLISH ESTABLISH SAN FELIPE SAN FELIPE UNTIL IT UNTIL IT WAS ATTACKED BWAS ATTACKED BY NATIVE Y NATIVE AMERICANSAMERICANS. THE SURVIVORS FLED . THE SURVIVORS FLED TO SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDATO SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA

FINALLY THE ENGLISH ESTABLISHED THE FIRST PERMANENT COLONY IN SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLES TOWNE, IN 1670

THE ENGLISH COLONIESTHE ENGLISH COLONIES JAMESTOWNEJAMESTOWNE FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH

COLONY –COLONY –TOBACCOTOBACCO MADE THE SETTLEMENT SUSTAINABLE.MADE THE SETTLEMENT SUSTAINABLE. THE THE HEADRIGHT SYSTEMHEADRIGHT SYSTEM ATTRACTED MORE ATTRACTED MORE

SETTLERS BY PROMISING LAND TO THOSE WHO SETTLERS BY PROMISING LAND TO THOSE WHO PAID THEIR WAY OR SOMEONE ELSES WAY TO PAID THEIR WAY OR SOMEONE ELSES WAY TO AMERICA. THIS LED TO THE BEGINNINGS OF AMERICA. THIS LED TO THE BEGINNINGS OF LARGE TOBACCO PLANTATIONS AND CONFLICT LARGE TOBACCO PLANTATIONS AND CONFLICT WITH NATIVE AMERICANS AS SETTLERS TOOK WITH NATIVE AMERICANS AS SETTLERS TOOK OVER MORE OF THEIR LAND.OVER MORE OF THEIR LAND.

INDENTURED SERVANTSINDENTURED SERVANTS - POOR PEOPLE WHO - POOR PEOPLE WHO AGREED TO SERVE A LANDOWNER IN EXCHANGE AGREED TO SERVE A LANDOWNER IN EXCHANGE FOR PASSAGE TO AMERICA. THESE WERE AN EARLY FOR PASSAGE TO AMERICA. THESE WERE AN EARLY SOURCE OF LABOR IN THE JAMESTOWN COLONYSOURCE OF LABOR IN THE JAMESTOWN COLONY

THE JAMESTOWN SETTLERS SOON TURNED TO A THE JAMESTOWN SETTLERS SOON TURNED TO A MORE RELIABLE SOURCE OF LABOR – MORE RELIABLE SOURCE OF LABOR – AFRICAN AFRICAN SLAVESSLAVES

HOUSE OF BURGESSESHOUSE OF BURGESSES - A LEGISLATIVE - A LEGISLATIVE BODY IN JAMESTOWN BODY IN JAMESTOWN THAT GAVE THE THAT GAVE THE SETTLERS A VOICE IN SETTLERS A VOICE IN GOVERNING THE COLONYGOVERNING THE COLONY

NEW ENGLANDNEW ENGLAND FOUNDED AS A HAVEN FOR FOUNDED AS A HAVEN FOR RELIGIOUS RELIGIOUS

GROUPSGROUPS PERSECUTED IN ENGLAND PERSECUTED IN ENGLAND SEPARATIST(PILGRSEPARATIST(PILGRIMS) LANDED AT IMS) LANDED AT

PLYMOUTH, MA.PLYMOUTH, MA. MAYFLOWER CONTRACTMAYFLOWER CONTRACT REENFORCED THE REENFORCED THE

IDEA THAT THE IDEA THAT THE PEOPLEPEOPLE FORM THE FORM THE GOVERNMENTGOVERNMENT

NATIVE AMERICANSNATIVE AMERICANS HELPED THEM LEARN HELPED THEM LEARN TO PLANT CORN ENABLING THEM TO TO PLANT CORN ENABLING THEM TO SURVIVESURVIVE

NEW ENGLAND NEW ENGLAND

ECONOMY: ECONOMY: LUMBERLUMBER, , SHIPBUILDING SHIPBUILDING AND AND TRADETRADE

RELIGION: RELIGION: NO RELIGIOUS FREEDOMNO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, , EVERYONE WAS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW THE RELIGION OF EVERYONE WAS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW THE RELIGION OF THE THE PURITANSPURITANS

SCHOOLS SCHOOLS WERE SET UP TO TEACH CHILDREN TO READ WERE SET UP TO TEACH CHILDREN TO READ THE BIBLETHE BIBLE

THOSE WHO DISAGREED THOSE WHO DISAGREED DISSENTERS DISSENTERS WERE EXILED.WERE EXILED.

GOVERNMENT: VERY GOVERNMENT: VERY

DEMOCRATICDEMOCRATIC

MIDDLE COLONIESMIDDLE COLONIES

THE GREATEST THE GREATEST DIVERSITYDIVERSITY OF PEOPLE OF PEOPLE AND RELIGIONS SETTLED HEREAND RELIGIONS SETTLED HERE

DUTCHDUTCH IN NEW YORK, IN NEW YORK, SWEDESSWEDES IN IN DELEWARE, DELEWARE, QUAKERSQUAKERS IN PENNSYLVANIA IN PENNSYLVANIA QUAKERSQUAKERS- A RELIGIOUS - A RELIGIOUS GROUP THAT GROUP THAT

PROMOTED RELIGIOUS PROMOTED RELIGIOUS

TOLERANCETOLERANCE AND AND

FRIENDLY FRIENDLY

RELATIONS WITH THERELATIONS WITH THE

INDIANS. INDIANS.

FOR THIS REASON MANY FOR THIS REASON MANY

SETTLERS CAME TO SETTLERS CAME TO

PENNSYLVANIAPENNSYLVANIA

ECONOMY:ECONOMY: FERTILE FIELDS AND GOOD HARBORS LED FERTILE FIELDS AND GOOD HARBORS LED

TO FARMING BEING THE BASIS OF ITS TO FARMING BEING THE BASIS OF ITS PROSPERITY.PROSPERITY.

IT BECAME KNOWN AS THE IT BECAME KNOWN AS THE BREADBASKETBREADBASKET OF OF THE COLONIESTHE COLONIES RELIGION: A RELIGION: A DIVERSITYDIVERSITY OF RELIGIONS OF RELIGIONS GOVERNMENT: GOVERNMENT: REPRESENTATIVEREPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLIES ASSEMBLIES

SOUTHERN COLONIES (SOUTH CAROLINA)SOUTHERN COLONIES (SOUTH CAROLINA) SC WAS ESTABLISHED AS A SC WAS ESTABLISHED AS A

PROPRIETARYPROPRIETARY COLONY. COLONY. EIGHT EIGHT LORD’S PROPRIETORSLORD’S PROPRIETORS WERE WERE

GRANTED CAROLINA BY KING CHARLES II AS GRANTED CAROLINA BY KING CHARLES II AS PAYMENT FOR A DEBT.PAYMENT FOR A DEBT.

FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTION OF CAROLINAFUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTION OF CAROLINA

- PROMISED - PROMISED RELIGIOUS TOLERATION RELIGIOUS TOLERATION TO TO ATTRACT SETTLERS. ATTRACT SETTLERS.

IT ALSO SET UP A IT ALSO SET UP A SOCIAL CLASSESSOCIAL CLASSES WHERE WHERE TITLES WOULD BE GRANTED TO LARGE TITLES WOULD BE GRANTED TO LARGE

LANDOWNERS. – LANDOWNERS. – THERE WAS NO IDEA OF THE THERE WAS NO IDEA OF THE EQUALITYEQUALITY OF OF

MAN.MAN.

THE THE HEADRIGHT HEADRIGHT SYSTEM WAS ALSO SYSTEM WAS ALSO USED TO ATTRACT SETTLERS TO SC USED TO ATTRACT SETTLERS TO SC WHICH LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHICH LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE PLANTATIONSLARGE PLANTATIONS

THE FIRST ENGLISH SETTLERS IN SC THE FIRST ENGLISH SETTLERS IN SC

CAME FROM CAME FROM BARBADOS BARBADOS WHERE THEY WHERE THEY ALREADY HAD A SLAVE SYSTEM SET UP.ALREADY HAD A SLAVE SYSTEM SET UP.

SLAVERYSLAVERY MADE THE PLANTATION MADE THE PLANTATION OWNERS VERY WEALTHYOWNERS VERY WEALTHY

ECONOMY: PROSPERITY THROUGH CASH CROPS ECONOMY: PROSPERITY THROUGH CASH CROPS GROWN ON GROWN ON PLANTATIONSPLANTATIONS (MADE POSSIBLE DUE (MADE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE FERTILE SOIL, MILD CLIMATE AND TO THE FERTILE SOIL, MILD CLIMATE AND WATERWAYS IN THE SOUTH)WATERWAYS IN THE SOUTH)

RELIGION – RELIGION – RELIGIOUS FREEDOMRELIGIOUS FREEDOM - THIS LED - THIS LED

MANY GROUPS (FRENCH, GERMANS, IRISH, MANY GROUPS (FRENCH, GERMANS, IRISH, JEWS) TO COME TO SC IN LARGE NUMBERS.JEWS) TO COME TO SC IN LARGE NUMBERS.

GOVERNMENT: IN SC WE HAD A GOVERNMENT: IN SC WE HAD A COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES OF COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THE PROPRIETORSPROPRIETORS, THE , THE CAROLINA CAROLINA ELITEELITE (LARGE LANDOWNERS), AND (LARGE LANDOWNERS), AND THE THE COMMON PEOPLE COMMON PEOPLE

((YOU HAD TO OWN LAND TO VOTE YOU HAD TO OWN LAND TO VOTE OR HOLD OFFICEOR HOLD OFFICE