COLONIAL SOUTH CAROLINA Flashcards
Carolana was named in honor of who?
King Charles
Carolana was first explored by who?
Sir Robert Heath
Established in 1663 after the restoration in England
Carolina
8 men who supported King Charles II were granted a ______ to Carolina
Charter
Who were the eight lord proprietors?
Edward Hyde, George Monck, William craven, John Berkeley, George carteret, William Berkeley, John colleton, and Anthony Ashley cooper
Carolina included all of present day _______, __________, and _________ and all land west to the ________ Ocean.
South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia - Pacific
When did the exploration of Carolina begin?
August 1663
Did Carolina fail or succeed????
The settlement failed within three years
Charlestown became successful when and why? And cause of whom?
1670 at Albemarle Point. Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper
What was the main motivation to make Charles town succeed
Money
________ payments would be paid annually by settlers in Charles town
Quitrents
Proprietors commissioned who to write the fundamental constitutions of America?
John Locke
The FCA guaranteed what? And what did it help do?
Religious freedom and helped attract more settlers to Carolina
Englishmen from the colony of Barbados brought what
A well developed slave system
Where else did the people come from to settle in the British colony in SC?
France, Switzerland, Germany, Scotland, Ireland
What two tragedies in London had an effect on the settlement of Carolina
The bubonic plague outbreak and the great fire of London
Originally located at Albemarle point on the West Bank of the Ashley river on a bluff
Charles town
Lacked organization and became overpopulated
Charles town
Lords proprietors ordered town to be moved
Charles town
Where did they move charleston to.
From the Ashley river to oyster point in 1680
was a walled fortress city
Charles town
The what controlled all branches of government and was made p of three groups
Grand council (1st: representatives and proprietors, 2nd: elected by Carolina nobility, 3rd: smallest group which consisted of freemen of the colony)
Carolina government before 1682
Controlled through the grand council