Unit 1 Themes
Global Connection
Location
and Geography
Conflict and Change
Individual and Collective Action
The Lowcountry's location and Geography benefit them because it's on the coast. This got them more people to carry out jobs unlike the Upcountry.Making the Lowcountry's population larger
The Lowcountry had a problem with slaves after the Stono Rebellion. This prompted the Lowcountry to write the slave codes.
The Upcountry was located up north and not on the coast.This limited the population of the Upcountry depriving them of some things the lowcountry has such as better education.
The Lowcountry benefit from The location when they got indigo. Indigo is grown in the Lowcountry because of the Land and Eliza Lucas Pickney who taught them how to harvest indigo. This got the Lowcountry more money and blue dresses because indigo can be used as blue dye.
White people in South Carolina did not know how to grow rice or tobacco so they made a change and brought over slaves from Africa and Barbados.
Regulators weren't an effective way to deal justice so South Carolina passed the Circuit Court Act
Slaves were tired of The way their owners treated them and of their living condition so they decide to Rebel because they also drastically outnumbered the white people of the colony. This collective Action led to the Stono Rebellion.
The Proprietors weren't doing their job correctly so the Colony worked together to overthrow proprietors and become a Royal Colony.
South Carolina felt that the Regulators weren't helping with the Justice system so they installed a new one by passing the Circuit Court Act.
The triangle trade is a use of global connection to trade with other continents and countries
The middle passage was a good use of global connections to bring slaves over to The Americas
The ability to communicate with Africa to obtain slaves
