What did Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper and John Locke write?
The Fundamental Constitution
Carolina allowed all churches except which one?
Catholic church
What did the Fundamental Constitution give the proprietors?
absolute power
The proprietors did not rule the colony themselfs, but they appointed who to govern for them?
Deptuties
the grand council became known as what in 1692
the council
in 1692, the Parliament became known as
the Commons House of Assembly
what did you have to be to vote and serve in the government
White male, own land (at least 50 acres)
What is the headright system?
used to attract more settlers,
Allowed people to get land, some political influence, a title of nobility,
head would get 50-150 acres of land for each person
Why did men from Barbados want to immigrate to Carolina?
because land became scarce. led to them being like the west indies
Why do historians describe the governor's office of Carolina as a "revolving door"?
Because it was NOT stable, many governors
Many of the problems with the colonial government were caused by power struggles and religious tension between two political factions called what?
Goose Creek Men, Dissenters
The Goose Creek Men: Came From ___ what church ____ economy ____ Did not support ___
Barbados to Carolina, Church of England, Indian slave trades/business w pirates, Lords Proprietors
The Dissenters: Came from ___ Came to Carolina for ____ Supported the ____
Germany, France, England, other English colonies, religious freedom, Lords Proprietors
1706: What was the official church of Carolina?
The Anglican Church
1706: didn't ban ___ from serving in the assembly
dissenters
1706: how many parishes was the colony divided into?
10
1706: what did each parish serve as?
an election district
1706: what was used to pay the parish clergy/pay for the construction/maintenance of the parish churches?
tax money
what happened in 1706?
The Church Act
what brought the two factions (Goose Creek Men, Dissenters) together?
The Native Threat (indian attacks)
What three things drove the Native Americans to their breaking point?
trade abuse, enslavement, white settlement on their land
What did colonists in Carolina do to make the Yamassee tribe attack them?
Built the tower of Beaufort on Indian land
What other colonies helped Carolina during the Yamasee War?
None, only Massachusetts helped with weapons
Did the Lord Proprietors help the colonists during the Yamasee War?
No, That leads to the Lord's Proprietors losing control of the colony
How many colonists died during the Yamasee war?
400, 6% of the colonies white population
Who eventually helped end the Yamasee war because they wanted to seek revenge on the Creek Indians?
The Cherokee
The people of Carolina were unsatisfied with the Lord Proprietors because they did not help protect them from the __, __, and __
Spanish, pirates, and Indians
December of 1719, the two factions came together and asked the British Government to get rid of the Proprietors, they wanted to be a ____ (what it means)
royal colony (king is in control)
For ___ years, Carolina was in limbo while the king tried to buy back the colony from the proprietors.
10
The proprietors sold stuff to the king due to what causing them to lose money?
droughts
Who took the port of Charles Town hostage in May 1718?
Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet
Where did Blackbeard hideout?
North Carolina - Ocracoke Island
Who captured Stede Bonnet?
Colonel William Rhett
Who Captured Blackbeard?
Governor of Virginia
what governor created the Township Plan in 1729?
Robert Johnson
Johnson created ______ townships, and hoped for the townships to serve as a ________ between the low country and the unfriendly Indians and European rivals to the west and south. They also hope the townships would bring more___________ to the backcountry.
12, buffer, white settlers
How did they entice settlers to these new townships?
offered a headright, each head of fam got 100 acres and another for each fam members, land rent free for 10 years, free transportation to the colony, a year's worth of supplies
What townships became known as the "breadbasket of South Carolina" and why?
Orangeburg and Amelia because the farmland of the neighboring townships were perfect for growing wheat.
what does bicameral mean?
which means they had a two-house legislature called the upper house and lower house
SWITCH FROM A ___ TO A ____
PROPRIETARY COLONY, ROYAL COLONY