Bell Work 9-24-13
1. What is true of the settlements of Charlesfort, San Felipe, and San
Miguel de Gualdape?
a. Economically successful, characterized by years of trade
b. The first colonies able to survive free of disease
c. All settlements were colonized by France
d. Each settlement was an unsuccessful attempt to begin a colony in SC
Answer: d
2. Indigo plants produce:
a. Food
b. Drink
c. Salt
d. Dye
Answer: d
Agenda
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Bell Work
Notes – Regulator Movement
Student group activity-Read and analyze text
Create a Cause and Effect graphic organizer
I will model
We will work together to analyze text
Close
Students will complete G.O.
Focus Statement
Explain the causes and
effects of the Regulator
Movement in South
Carolina
Relevance
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What if there were no law enforcement in
Hartsville?
No police or courts to protect you and your family.
How would you protect your family and your
property?
Quick Review: Frayer Model
Definition:
Characteristics:
Vigilante- A private individual
or group of individuals who
undertake law enforcement
without legal authority.
• Usually violent
• People are killed
Examples: Robin Hood
The Guardian Angels
KKK
Non-examples:
The FBI
The Darlington County Sherriff
Department.
The Hartsville Police Department
The Regulator Movement!nt
Focus Statement
Explain the causes and
effects of the Regulator
Movement in South
Carolina
The Regulator Movement
The Up country (Back Country)
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The English government began to establish
townships in the Backcountry to encourage
migration.
Settlers moved and established subsistence
farms
Animosity increased between the
Upcountry and the Lowcountry
The Regulator Movement
Why was there animosity?
The first white settlers to move to the
Backcountry were traders and woodsmen.
 Lowcountry elite viewed them as
uncivilized.
Remember the Lowcountry was full of rich
plantation owners.
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The Regulator Movement
Why was there animosity?
Who were the first settlers to move to the
back country
Answer: traders and woodsmen
 How did the people of the Low country
view the backcountry settlers?
Answer: Uncivilized
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Why was there animosity?
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More and More settlers moved into the
backcountry:
Coastal settlers moved inland
Immigrants such as the Scots Irish and
Germans from Pennsylvania.
The white population in the back country began
to out number that of the Lowcountry!
Still the backcountry had less representation in
the Assembly
Why was there animosity?
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Although the backcountry settlers paid taxes
they got little in return from the government
Example: No law enforcement!
No courts!
Why was there animosity?
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The backcountry residents paid taxes but
received little in return
For Example?
Law enforcement / Courts
The Regulators
A group of Back Country
settlers who protested lack of
protection from the
government by banning
together to protect
themselves.
The Regulator Movement
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There was no law enforcement so the settlers
took regulation of society into their own
hands.
Regulators operated as vigilantes
They turned lawless
Guilty hanged or beaten to death
No jury trials
Innocent people sometimes killed or harmed.
Group activity
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Students are to work in groups analyzing primary
source documents and informational text on the
Backcountry and the Regulator Movement.
Students are to read the documents
Students will create a T Chart and list
conditions in the backcountry and facts about
the Regulator Movement from the text provided.
The group will create a cause and effect graphic
organizer on chart paper and present to the
class.
I do- Model finding information from Text
We Do- Lets find information together
Conditions in the Back Country
The Regulator Movement
Find information in the text provided
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Prior to the mid 1700s, South Carolina was almost entirely
settled near the coast in the Low Country. The Backcountry
was largely controlled by Native Americans, which left the
colony open to attack. No settlers dared to venture out into
the unknown for fear of attack or from becoming lost in the
wilderness. There were very few paths or trails leading to
the Backcountry and most of the territory was unsettled
(Johnson, pg. 10). Conditions of the rivers and streams were
also very challenging as most were wild rapids that were
too treacherous to cross. The land that many settlers did
find was often barren and unable to be settled. Other
areas were covered with swamplands that were unsuitable
for agriculture and were infested by dangerous creatures
(Johnson, pg. 11).
Settling the Back Country
Conditions in the Back Country
The Regulator Movement
Causes and effects of the Regulator Movement- Model(You do)
Causes
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Many people
migrated to the
Backcountry because
the government
offered free land.
Effects
Close
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Why did the people of the backcountry feel the
need to take the law into their own hands?
Independent practice
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Use the information you have gathered to create a
cause and effect graphic organizer in your groups.
Materials Needed
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SC Standards
Text book
Informational Text
Document Camera/Promethean Board
PowerPoint
Teacher Created Notes
Teacher Created Graphic Organizers