Year Of Founding: 1670

Colony’s Founders: Lords

Proprietors

Kara Turner

Braden Jamora

Faith Cao

First PeopleThe first people that came to the South Carolina

Colony were American Indians.The two largest groups were the Cherokee and

Catawba. Cherokees lived by the Appalachian Mountains. Catawba's lived near the Foothills.

Both groups used materials from nearby forests to build homes. The houses were made with logs and bark. There was a another group called The

Yamassee Indians that lived south of the Appalachian Mountains. They built their homes

with wooden poles covered with leaves from palmetto trees. Hunted deer and wild turkey. Gathered nuts and berries. Grew corn, beans,

and squash.

Early Settlers

During the 1500s, Spanish and French explorers each tried to settle in the South Carolina Colony.

In 1629, King Charles I decided to start a new colony. So, the king granted a strip of land to Sir Robert Heath. Sir Heath’s plans for the land did not develop. In 1663, King Charles II of England granted the same land to eight Englishmen. This group of men was called the Lords Proprietors.

They stayed in England and appointed governors to rule the colony in North America. The colony’s name changed to Carolina. The Carolina Colony included land in the present-day states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.

Life In The Colony

The mountains and foothills were called the Up Country. Farmers lived in log cabins and people slept on mattresses made of pine branches. Pine needles covered the

dirt floors. Farms were super small. Settlers grew corn, melons, squash, and beans for their family. Hunted deer and bears. Raised pigs, cattle, chickens, and

turkeys.

Life In The Colony

The wealthy colonists lived in the Low Country area near the coast. They grew

rice, indigo, and other crops on large farms called plantations. Lived in large brick

houses with gardens. Most colonists can not afford to send their children to school.

Only wealthy colonists hired tutors to teach their children.

Pirates stole goods that the ships had carried from Europe.

Work & Trade

Farming was a big business in the South Carolina Colony. In 1680, colonists learned to grow rice in the swampy areas of the Low Country. In the

early 1700s, colonists were shipping rice to England and other countries. South Carolina

became one of the richest of the thirteen colonies. Farmers grew a lot of indigo and rice.

They used indigo to make blue dye. English traders bought indigo to make blue dye for

soldier uniforms. In 1690, colonists could pay their taxes with rice.

Work & Trade

Growing rice and indigo took a lot of WORK! Some plantation owners forced American Indians to work. Other plantation owners bought slaves from Africa and the West Indies. Rice was valuable in the South

Carolina Colony. Other colonists fished from South Carolina’s streams and rivers. Between 1735 and 1775, colonists built more than 300 wooden ships. Fishers caught oysters, clams,

and shrimp from the ocean.

Colony’s Exports

Agricultural Exports• Indigo• Rice

Industrial Exports• Furniture

• ShipsNatural Resource Exports

• Lumber

Community & Religion

South Carolina grew into a rich colony. In the Up Country, small farmers and traders did not

buy many slaves. In the Low Country, demand for slaves changed South Carolina. Most of

the wealth came from the Low Country. There were more slaves in the Low Country than the Up Country. Slaves had poor living conditions.

Although slaves were unhappy, there were only a few uprisings in the colonies. The land

attracted people from other colonies.

Community & Religion

In 1739, a group of slaves stole guns from a store near Charles Town. Both slaves and

colonists died. The Quakers came from Pennsylvania and

Virginia to farm new land. Some Baptists moved from the New England colonies.

Lutherans, Jews, and French Huguenots came from Europe. Found religious freedom they

wanted in South Carolina. The population grew from all the settlers coming. South Carolina’s

farmland brought more than wealth.

Becoming A State In the mid-1700s, South Carolina wanted

independence (disliked being controlled). This was because they didn’t like limited trade and

taxes. Representatives made Continental Congress. In July 1776, Congress approved The Declaration of Independence (fought for it). The fight lasted 8 years, during the Revolutionary War, 200 battles were fought here, but some

were against Up Country and Charles Town. The American Colonists won freedom. In 1787,

Congress made Constitution. May 23, 1788, South Carolina's legislature joined as the 8th. In 1783, Charles Town made it sound less British

by renaming Charleston.

Statehood

8th

May 23, 1788

Interesting Facts!!!

South Carolina is one of the Southern Colonies. It was named after King Charles

II. There were about 125,000 people in 1769. Charles Town was the first

settlement in the South Carolina Colony. One interesting fact about the colony is that it was owned by British and had a church of England. Another interesting fact is that South Carolina had English,

French, Jewish, and British faiths.

The End!!!