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SC’s History of European Settlement
8-1.3: Summarize the history of English settlement, the
mid-Atlantic region, and the South, with an emphasis on
SC as an example of a distinctly southern colony.
Jamestown
• First permanent English settlement in the New World (1607)
• Tobacco made the settlement successful
• Large tobacco plantations created conflict with the local natives over land
• Established by a joint stock company (The London Company)
The London Company ….
• Provided Landholdings through paid passage to settlement (indentured servants)
• Late 1600’s- African slaves became more reliable source of labor
• Established The House of Burgesses (1619) to give settlers a voice in their governance
Jamestown grew into the colony of Virginia and established the
pattern for the southern colonies
New England Colonies• Founded as a haven for
religious groups persecuted in England
• The Separatists (Pilgrims) landed at Plymouth after signing the Mayflower Compact in 1620
• Natives taught them how to plant corn and sustain themselves early on
• The Puritans landed in
Massachusetts Bay in the 1630’s
New England Colonies• Puritans made their own stock company and came to the New World with their own charter
– “American idea that the – people form the government”– Democratic form of government:
• Town meetings• General assembly• Male church members could vote• Set up trade using the wood from the
surrounding forest
New England Colonies• Established schools to
teach children how to read the Bible
• Established religious conformity
• Dissenters (those who did not conform to the societal standard) were sent to other parts of the region
• Large families helped the quick spread of their religion, democratic government, and trade
Middle Colonies• Made up of a variety of
Europeans– Dutch who first settled in New
York– Swedes who first settled in
Delaware– English Puritans moved to
middles colonies– And the Quakers settled in
Pennsylvania.• The Quakers were:
– Religious dissenters; believed we all had an inner light– Promoted religious tolerance – Wanted good relationships with the natives which helped to attract
other groups to the colony
Middle Colonies
• Greatest diversity of people and religions in British North America
• William Penn was granted land here by King Charles II as repayment of a family debt
• Penn had the rights of a proprietor and could name the governor of the colony
• Economic prosperity was due to the fertile fields and good location to harbors
• Became known as the “breadbasket” of the colonies
South Carolina Colony Was founded as a proprietary colony when King Charles II granted land to the eight Lords Proprietors as repayment f debts incurred in reclaiming the throne, just like Penn in Pennsylvania.
South Carolina Colony
• The Proprietors hoped to make a profit by charging settlers a quitrent (rent) on the land
• They commissioned John Locke to write the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina
• Includes policies for:– Religious toleration to attract settlers– Created a social class system based on titles
for large landholders– Headright System granted large tracts of land
• This system lead to the formation of large Plantations based on cash crops
• This made SC a distinctly southern colony
Making the SC Colony
Who were the first settlers?
Englishmen who emigrated from the British colony of Barbados and brought a well-developed slave system with them
Making the SC Colony
What made Plantation owners so wealthy?
The use of slavery allowed Plantation owners to make huge profits
Making the SC Colony
What else helped these Plantations thrive other than slaver labor?
SC’s natural resources- fertile land, mild climate, and many waterways used in irrigation and trade
Making the SC Colony
This wealth attracted other settlers from:
France, Switzerland, Germany, Scotland and Ireland
Making the SC Colony
What else attracted settlers to SC?
The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina assured religious choiceie: French Huguenots & Jewish settlers
Early SC Government
• Lord Proprietors controlled the government through a Governor and Grand Council
• They acted as representatives for the– Proprietors,– elite, – and a much smaller
representation of the common people of the colony
– *small degree of democracy from the beginning, like other colonies
