SOCIAL STUDIES 8.1

NATIVE AMERICANS

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• They where divided into four regional groups based on where they lived and their language
• The Eastern Woodlands where the first native Americans to encounter European settlers in North America
• They used rivers for transportation and fishing

EUROPEANS

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• Spain, France, and England where all competing for a foothold in South Carolina
• Neither Spain or France were able to establish a permanent colony
• Conditions at the settlements and problems in the mother countries led to lack of support for the settlements and resulted in abandonment
• Spain founded the San Miguel settle ment, and the French founded Charles Fort

AFRICANS

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• African slaves were brought into supply a large enough labour force
• The purpose of slave codes was to prevent the large number of African slaves from rebelling against the plantation owners
• The trip that African slaves made across the Atlantic was called the middle passage

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• The Stono rebellion became such a major concern because African salves outnumbered whites nearly 2 to 1
• The Stono rebellion, largest lave revolt of the 18th century, took place on September 9th, 1739
• Much of what we know about the African slaves today comes from the oral tradition

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• Slaves newly-arrived to North America would have most likely worked with rice
• Slaves from the west coast of Africa were valued because they were already skilled with the production of rice
• All African slaves sold in Carolina had to be inspected at the "pest house" on Sullivan's island

ECONOMY

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• The plantation system used in Barbados was very similar to the system used to go rice and indigo
• Eliza Lucas Pickens changed the economy when she learned to cultivate indigo, a dye for fabric
• African slaves became a critical part of south Caroline's economy because growing rice and indigo (and later cotton) on huge plantations required lots of labor

GOVERNMENT

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• The lords proprietors established the grand council to run the colony of Carolina in there absence
• A constitution needs to be flexible so that it can adjust to changing times and situations
• The first legislative body to meet in America was the Virginia house of burgesses
• The circuit court act laws were passed as the regular movement
• Proprietary rule ended because people who owned large tracts of land in S.C were not allowed to govern b/c they were not proprietors