COLONIAL SOUTH CAROLINA: OF LANDOWNERS AND AGRICULTURE

REASONS FOR SETLLEMENT

• Religious freedom
• More space
• Good soil for farming

CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY

• Moderate
• Constant throughout year
• Warm, good for crops

ECONOMY AND OCCUPATIONS

• Primarily agricultural
• Tobacco, cotton, rice
• Vegetables, indigo, livestock
• Majority slaves

Religion

• Presbyterians, Anglicans
• Anglicans ruled c. 1704
• King intervened 1706

FORMS OF GOVERNMENT

• Grand Council
• Common House of Assembly
• His Majesty's Royal Council

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