Colonial Successes and Failures in SC 8 1

Colonial Successes and Failures in SC 8 -1. 2 COMPARE THE MOTIVES, ACTIVITIES, AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE EXPLORATION OF SC AND NORTH AMERICA BY THE SPANISH, FRENCH, AND ENGLISH

Bell Work 9 -8 -15 1. What qualities do you believe a colony needs to have in order to be successful? 2. What made South Carolina a distinctly southern colony? Use Complete sentences please.

San Miguel de Gualdape founded by Spain along the Waccamaw R. Georgetown, SC today

Why did they fail? ship carrying supplies ran aground settlers died from malaria built in a swampy area fighting amongst themselves Indian attacks

Charlesfort Jean Ribault attempted to build the colony founded landed by the French near present day Parris Island

Why did they fail? Ribault settlers returned to France for supplies didn’t plant crops or prepare for winter they rebelled; tried to sail back to France Rescued by an English ship

Santa Elena Founded Near by the Spanish Parris Island area

Why did they fail? poor soil--farming was difficult stole Indians’ food Indians soldiers killed about ½ of the Spanish

San Felipe Spanish built colony on the site of old Charlesfort lasted for ten years before they were attacked by the Native Americans

Albemarle Point-Success! Finally!! English settlement Chose an easily protected learned from the Spanish location failures--didn’t do the same thing renamed it Charles Town after the king

Success or Failure? • • • San Miguel de Gualdape San Felipe Albemarle Point Santa Elena Charlesfort

Exit Slip 1. What, if anything, do the failed colonies have in common? 2. Why were the English able to be successful where the Spanish and French weren’t? (What did they do different? )

Bell Work 1. 9 -9 -15 List two reasons for the failure of San Miguel de Gualdape. 2. What country attempted the Charlesfort colony? Why did they fail?

Bell Work 9 -10 -11

Carolina Colony Founded as a proprietary colony The king gave land to 8 Lords Proprietors (businessmen) to repay debt (in reclaiming the throne after the English Civil War) Hope land to make a profit by charging a quitrent on the Quitrent-like paying rent

Why Invest in the Colony? Proprietors the king) Hoped Had were in charge of the colony (Not to make a lot of money John Locke write the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina

Fundamentals Constitutions of Carolinas Policies Set to attract settlers (religious tolerance) up a social class system Favored the elites—give titles to large landholders (this part never happened) Headright System—led to establishment of plantations based on cash crops

Who came to the Carolina Colony? Fundamental Constitutions guaranteed religious freedom (French Huguenots and Jewish) first settlers were English from Barbados— brought the slave system with them Made plantations wealthy

The Voyage to Carolina:

Why come to Carolina? Waterways—easy to transport cash crops Cattle raised in the colony were sold in the Caribbean Rice became SC’s 1 st cash crop “Carolina Gold”

Naval Stores (pitch and tar)—made ships water tight (came from pine trees) Tar—made by burning pine branches Pitch—made by boiling the tar

Colonists Wanted! The king has asked you to recruit people for the Carolina Colony. Remember, if you pay someone’s passage the king rewards you with land!! Write an advertisement for the colony on the back of your notes. How are you going to convince people to sail months to the New World? (pg. 36 might help)**SC Journey book