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Lowcountry vs. Upcountry

Lowcountry vs. Upcountry. 8-3.1. I. Upcountry. Who and where In the northwestern part of the state Home to the Cherokees 1 st 1 st whites were traders and woodsmen Viewed as uncivilized by the Lowcountry elite Tended to be Loyalists during the Revolution. I. Upcountry.

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Lowcountry vs. Upcountry

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  1. Lowcountry vs. Upcountry 8-3.1

  2. I. Upcountry • Who and where • In the northwestern part of the state • Home to the Cherokees 1st • 1st whites were traders and woodsmen • Viewed as uncivilized by the Lowcountry elite • Tended to be Loyalists during the Revolution

  3. I. Upcountry • Subsistence farmers • Growing enough food to survive • Few owned slaves • Tended to be poor • Revolution hurt Upcountry • British destroyed farms, took livestock

  4. I. Upcountry • Politically unequal • Higher white population • Not represented equally • Far away from the capital of Charleston • In 1786, capital was moved to Columbia • Made it closer and easier • Helped with the tension a little bit

  5. I. Upcountry • Slavery • Upcountry didn’t support it • Lowcountry didn’t want to give up political power • Cotton gin made cotton a money maker for everyone • Upcountry began to use slaves to grow cotton • Compromise of 1808 reapportionment based on white population and property (land and slaves) • Both areas now had power

  6. II. Lowcountry • Who and where • The area around Charleston and along the Atlantic coast • 1st area to be settled • Plantation owners growing rich from rice and indigo • Tended to be Patriots during the Revolution

  7. II. Lowcountry • Plantations with lots of slave labor • Tended to be very rich • Revolution hurt Lowcountry • British destroyed property, took slaves and livestock

  8. II. Lowcountry • Economic problems • Made most of their money using mercantilism • When war ends, England doesn’t buy Lowcountry crops as much • Subsidies stop too • Owed lots of money to England • US & SC gov’t couldn’t pay for stuff they “borrowed” for the war • Poor crops made it worse until cotton came along

  9. II. Lowcountry • Unequal power • Charleston was capital and made it easy for elite • Had far greater representation in gov’t • Once Upcountry agreed with slavery, Lowcountry gave more power to them (Compromise of 1808)

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