Download SC Disagreements Post Revolutionary War

STANDARD INDICATOR
8-3.1
TENSIONS BETWEEN THE
UPCOUNTRY & LOWCOUNTRY
TENSION BETWEEN UPCOUNTRY
& LOWCOUNTRY
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Surfaced as the Regulator Movement
Increased as a result of the Revolutionary
War
Continued to grow as differences between
the two regions developed
Upcountry: Northwestern part of state,
original home of Cherokee
Lowcountry: area along Atlantic coast, first
area settled in state
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
UPCOUNTRY & LOWCOUNTRY
Lowcountry
 Patriots
 Elite planters
 Wealthy & civilized
 Plantation farming
 Cash crops (rice &
indigo)
 Many slaves
 Slave main labor source
Upcountry
 Loyalists
 Traders & woodsmen
 Poor & uncivilized
 Subsistence farming
 Staple crops (food &
small amounts of flax)
 Few slaves
 Farmers & slaves
worked together
Differences Continued
Lowcountry
 Strong support for
slavery
 Economy & social
status depended on
slavery
 Small white population
 Large slave population
 Controlled politics &
government
Upcountry
 Little support for slavery
 Economy & social class
depended on their hard
work & determination
 Large white population
 Small slave population
 Little political power
Differences Continued
Lowcountry
 Greater representation
in legislature
 Greater influence
 Center of government &
business
 Charleston capital
Upcountry
 Little representation in
legislature
 Little influence
 Had to travel too far to
present issues to
legislature or argue
court cases
How Did the Revolutionary War
Economically Affect the People of SC?
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Upcountry & Lowcountry suffered
Fighting destroyed countryside & slaves
Livestock & goods were taken by British
After war economy was slow to improve
Reasons for Economic Suffering of
Lowcountry
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No British subsidies
No protected markets
Britain developed new sources of raw
materials and markets for goods
Planters could not pay debts to British
creditors
Reasons for Economic Suffering of
Lowcountry cont…….
US & SC governments could not pay for
goods they had commandeered from citizens
 Poor crop yields
(Economic problems would continue until
the early 1800’s when cotton became new
cash crop)
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Political Tensions Between Upcountry
& Lowcountry are Eased When….
1785: Legislature created counties and
county courts
 1786: capital moved to Columbia in center of
state
(Political tension still exists since the
Lowcountry maintained its majority control
in legislature)
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Lowcountry resisted giving equal representation to
Upcountry because they feared they did not
support slavery.
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Why did the Lowcountry agree to share
power?
A.
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
Cotton became a cash crop in Upcountry
Slavery increases in the Upcountry
Lowcountry agrees to share power in
legislature
B.
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How Inventions
changed history
(for better of for worse) (5:15)
Lowcountry resisted giving equal representation to
Upcountry because they feared they did not
support slavery.
Legislature passed the Compromise of 1808:
this act
1. Reapportioned the house
2. Representation based equally on white
population & amount of taxable property
(including slaves)
Low & Up Countries had their share of slaves &
political power