Guided Notes 8-1.6: Compare the development of representative government in SC to the other
colonial regions, including the under the proprietary regime, the period of royal government, and
South Carolina’s Regulator Movement.
South Carolina’s Government:
 First Plan of Government: _______________________________________________________
 Became more ________________________ during colonial period
 SC began as ______________________________________
 Lords Proprietors had control over ___________ and _______________________ of land
granted to them by king
 Proprietors attracted settlers by beginning to share some _____________________________
with property owners
 The largest plantation owners, the Carolina _____________________________ amassed great
wealth & political power
o Other colonies developed a political elite based on ________________________
Carolina Government:
 Legislative Assembly:
o ______________________________________________________________
o bicameral (______________________) assembly (most colonies)
o Proprietors & elite had greater _________________________ in government than
common man
 Grand Council decided majority of each group in colonies – reps of Proprietors, colonial elite,
and common people - should have equal voice in gov’t.
o Problem with this: the representation would not be proportional to their numbers in the
population
 Later separate ______________________ _____ ______________________ established to
represent the common people
 Representation greater for _____________________ than backcountry
Changes in Control of Colonies:
 By end of 1600’s most joint stock company colonies had become
___________________________ and could not name governors
 Royal colonies: ____________ appoints governors to help control wealth or limit the
independence of colony
 ____________________________ colonists asked to become a royal colony, why?
1. Tension between _____________________ & _________________
2. Colonists felt neglected by proprietors who collected ___________, but offered little
____________________
3. Proprietors thought colonists were __________________ & were making little
________________
4. __________________ protested to king about neglect & asked to become royal colony
5. King & proprietors made a _________________________, Carolina became a royal
colony
6. Carolina split into ____________ & ___________ Carolina due to differences between
wealthy SC & backwoods NC
South Carolina as a Royal Colony:
 Royal Government:
1. __________________________________ allowed Carolina some self-government
2. governor appointed by king (___________________________)
3. assembly controlled ____________ that paid governor
4. most often colonies left alone by _________ & _________________ to control local
governments
 Economic Advantages of being royal colony:
1. Increased subsidies for _____________________ & ______________
2. Direct rice sale by merchants to ____________________________________
3. Expanded __________________ to sell goods
Expansion of Colony Under Royal Colony:
 Township Plan
o Established by _____________________________ to encourage migration to the
Carolina backcountry
o Established ____________________ in backcountry
o Settlers established ___________________________
 Township Plan encouraged animosity between the ____________________ &
________________________
 First backcountry settlers: ___________________ & _______________________ viewed by
Lowcountry as “______________________”
 Lowcountry: ______________________________, along Atlantic coast, Charles Town
o Home of plantation owners rich from export of _________ & ______________
Reasons for animosity/tension between backcountry & Lowcountry:
Lowcountry:
Backcountry:
First area settled
Settled later
Along Atlantic Coast
Inland
Plantation owners
Subsistence farmers, traders & woodsmen
Barbadians (rice & indigo)
Poor
Wealthy, prosperous
Considered “uncivilized”
Considered aristocratic
Larger white population
Small white population
Few slaves, anti-slavery
Larger slave population
Less representation in Assembly
Majority representation in Assembly
Backcountry:
 Coastal settlers moved inland
 Immigrants traveled along backcountry valleys from Pennsylvania
(_______________________________)
 ______________ population grew & outnumbered Lowcountry’s
 Backcountry continued to have much less representation in Assembly
 ____________________, but got little from colonial government
 No law enforcement so settlers became _____________________
Regulator Movement:
 No _____________________________
 Settlers took ______________________________ of society into own hands
 No __________________ so _______________________ operated as vigilantes
 Movement turned lawless
 Guilty ______________ or _____________ to death without jury trial
o (violated rights as Englishmen)
 SC government eventually came to aid of backcountry settlers
o ____________________________________: set up 7 circuit courthouses around
colony to provide justice, law & order in the region
 Representation in Assembly was still disproportional & tensions continued between
backcountry & Lowcountry