Government in colonial sc 8 1.6

1. Government in Colonial SC 8-1.6: Compare the development of representative government in South Carolina to representative government in the other colonial regions, including the proprietary regime, the period of royal government, and South Carolina’s Regulator Movement

2. The way things were in SC… Other Colonies South Carolina Colony Had a legislative assembly to make laws Most had a bicameral assembly (2 houses) Legislative assembly that made laws (including tax laws) Proprietors & elite had greater representation than the common man The Grand Council decided that each group should have an equal voice in govt. regardless of inproportional representation Later, the Commons House of Assembly was created to represent the people

3. Most English colonies when the joint stock companies could no longer name colonial governors; thus the settlements became royal colonies King appointed governors in royal colonies Change resulted b/c the king wanted control over the wealth or to limit a colony’s independence SC became a royal colony by invitation of the colonist By the end of the 1600’s

4. Tensions grew between the colonists and the Proprietors b/c: Absentee landlords collected rent but offered little protection Proprietors seen the colonists as disobedient & believed they made little profit from the rent SC, the Royal Colony The Council protested to the king about their mistreatment The Proprietors appealed against the idea of a royal colony A financial agreement was made between the king and the Proprietors…… making…….

5. Carolina was made a royal colony and later split into two colonies, North & South Carolina SC continued to use their established style of government, but now had a governor who was appointed by the kings and not the Proprietors Royal Governor's powers were limited b/c of the colonial assemblies who controled the taxes and set his salary SC, the Royal Colony

6. Royal governor established townships in the backcountry to encourage migration Settlers established sustenance farms there This caused animosity between the Lowcountry and the backcountry Traders & woodsmen were the first to settle in the backcountry They were seen as the “uncivilized” by the elite (rich plantation owners) who lived in the Lowcountry SC, the Colony

7. The backcountry’s white population outnumbered that of the Lowcountry due to the migration from the coast & the Scotch Irish & German immigrants from Pennsylvania Backcountry still had much less representation They paid taxes but never really got anything in return Moving Inland Scotch Irish immigrants

8. No law enforcement in the backcountry resulted in the settlers taking matters into their own hands… this was called the Regulator movement No courts in the backcountry Regulators acted as vigilantes Movement provided law & order through “self- regulation” that soon turned lawless The “guilty” were hanged or beaten to death without a jury trail; violating their rights as Englishmen Regulator Movement

9. Eventually the SC government came to the aid of the backcountry settlers by setting up seven circuit courthouses around the colony to provide justice, law & order to the region Representation continued to be imbalanced between the backcountry and the Lowcountry Regulator Movement