Friday – September 20, 2013 Add to SLM:

1. Friday – September 20, 2013Add to SLM: • Concept #1 – Economic Prosperity • Vocabulary: • Naval Stores • Subsidy • Carolina Gold • EQ:How did SC gain economic prosperity? (8.1.5) Take out a sheet of notebook paper and label your notes – Economic Prosperity

2. What is mercantilism? What was the goal of mercantilism? Theory that colonies existed to bring profit to the mother country Establish as many colonies as possible to gain wealth and power

3. How did colonies contribute to the wealth and power of their mother country? Source of raw materials (things mother country did not have: gold, silver, timber, furs) and market for manufactured goods (clothing, tools, silverware)

4. How did the mother country obtain gold/silver? What did the mother country do with its gold/silver? • Get from colonies where discovered • Sell raw materials to other countries in exchange for gold/silver Build powerful army/navy to protect its colonies and conquer its rivals.

5. How did South Carolina contribute to the wealth of its mother country (England)?

6. Southern colonies… Were mentioned earlier as following the pattern of Virginia. What about South Carolina?

7. Carolina’s natural resources included… • abundant deer • pine forests • fertile land • a mild climate for a • long growing season • many waterways islandpacket.com bioag.novozymes.com

8. Initially money was made through trade… Furs and deerskins from the Native Americans b-womeninamericanhistory18.blogspot.com European Manufactured Trade Goods beads, trinkets, cloth, paint, guns, hatchets, knives, alcohol (rum)

9. Many South Carolinians • raised cattle and hogs • Abundance of land • Low costs • Animals could roam freely • Herding required many workers What group do you think provided the labor?

10. Name three ways early South Carolinians were able to make money. How did African Americans contribute to the early success of SC? • Indian trade • Raising cattle • Raising hogs Labor force for herding cattle/hogs; already knew about herding cattle from Africa.

11. Soon Problems with Natives developed… Land Settlers moving into backcountry took land from natives • Trade abuses • Not providing same quality goods as those being offered • Breaking promises to trade certain items (guns)

12. Indian Enslavement • Lords Proprietors banned slave trade • Colonists ignored the laws • 1670 – first Indian slaves sent to West Indies and New England colonies • (By 1700s - Indian slave exports greater than African Slave imports) • Local Indians supplied slave traders in SC • Enemies captured in war traded along with deerskins • Traders encouraged warfare between enemy tribes • English paid best price for Indian slaves Yamassee War disrupted the deerskin trade, cattle ranching, and farming immediately south and west of CharlesTown and deep into the backcountry.

13. Why did problems develop between early colonists and Native Americans? What impact did the Yamassee War have on SC? • Settlers moved onto their land • Cheated them in trade • Enslaved them Disrupted trade, cattle ranching and farming south and west of CharlesTown and into the backcountry

14. Because many early Carolina settlers came from Barbados, Carolinians established a thriving trade with this Caribbean island Why? Carolinians sold cattle Native American slaves hogs Salted beef and pork became two main exports from colony. to the people of Barbados home.grandecom.net

15. Carolina pine trees source of: • pitch and tar (naval stores) • used to make British ships watertight • Before SC, naval stores were purchased from Sweden (gold/silver leaving treasury) • England offered a subsidy to encourage production. By 1720, SC produced more naval stores than any other colony in the empire Extra payment or bounty (paid to encourage colonists to produce a certain product)

16. Name two products SC sold and who purchased them. Why would Barbados buy cattle, hogs, and Indian slaves from SC? ½ of initial settlers were from Barbados and had relationship; didn’t have room on island to graze animals for food; needed slaves to work sugar cane • Cattle, hogs, Indian slaves to Barbados • Naval stores (pitch/tar) to England

17. As the economy in SC developed It was like other southern colonies – with an economy largely based on the plantation system most of the crops that developed were labor intensive Virginia had begun with mainly indentured servants By the time of the settlement of Carolinas there were few workers willing to accept a contract of indenture so… Initially, Carolina planters tried to use Native American (“Indian”) workers but… Labor intensive??? Two reasons this wouldn’t work…

18. Carolina’s geographic conditions… In the Lowcountry conditions made it good for rice planting Good port at Charles Town Navigable waterways along the coast and into the interior As a result of these geographic conditions and use of natural resources a flourishing trade made Carolina a profitable colony Why would this be a good thing? burlinghamrudd.blogspot.com people.cas.sc.edu

19. Carolina settlers from Barbados brought their slaves with them… These Africans had knowledge brought from their own native lands including how to tend cattle and how to cultivate rice They were also used to harvest naval stores and used to harvest lumber African slaves contributed to a thriving trade with Barbados and Britain

20. Growing agricultural economy Determination of the settlers and work of their slaves resulted in more agriculture Rice known as became a staple crop and the source of long term prosperity “Carolina Gold”