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    The document summarizes the economic and political differences between South Carolina's Lowcountry and Upcountry regions in the late 18th century. Specifically: 1) The Lowcountry economy was based on large plantations and slavery while the Upcountry relied on subsistence farming and trade. 2) Political power was concentrated in the Lowcountry, though the Upcountry population was larger. 3) Tensions led to the state capital moving to Columbia in 1786, providing more access for both regions. The cotton gin then increased Upcountry demand for slaves, leading to a political power sharing agreement.

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    The document summarizes the economic and political differences between South Carolina's Lowcountry and Upcountry regions in the late 18th century. Specifically: 1) The Lowcountry economy was based on large plantations and slavery while the Upcountry relied on subsistence farming and trade. 2) Political power was concentrated in the Lowcountry, though the Upcountry population was larger. 3) Tensions led to the state capital moving to Columbia in 1786, providing more access for both regions. The cotton gin then increased Upcountry demand for slaves, leading to a political power sharing agreement.

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    3.1 - Lowcountry vs.

    Upcountry (Backcountry)
    View the slide, read the paragraphs, and watch the videos, then answer the corresponding questions in complete sentences

    Different Worlds
    Different Worlds: Link to slide

    1. How were the economies The economies were different because in the Lowcountry they were plantation-
    different between the based and the majority were enslaved, and they were cash crops, richer. And the
    Lowcountry and Upcountry mostly traded or were woodsmen, mostly white population,
    sustenance farming based, poorer.
    Upcountry?

    2. What type of people live in In the Lowcountry, there were mostly enslaved people, and in the Upcountry it
    the two areas? was a majority of white people.

    3. How is the Lowcountry They are affected because most of their plantations burned and 25% of the slave
    affected by the revolution? popuation is gone which affects the economy. They also can no longer trade with
    Britain and they own money to English creditors.

    4. How is the Upcountry They are affected because their livestock was stolen and other goods. Many
    affected by the revolution? Loyalists also left.
    Moving the Capital

    During South Carolina’s early years, the Lowcountry elite had little respect for the people living in
    the Upcountry. Political representation was a major source of tension. There was a larger white
    population living in the Upcountry, but most of the political power rested in the Lowcountry. Not only
    did the Lowcountry have greater representation in the legislature but Charleston was the capital and
    legal business was transacted there. So the Charleston elite had a greater influence on the
    government. Upcountry people objected to having to travel so far to present issues to the legislature
    or argue their legal matters in court. In 1785, counties and county courts were created. The next year,
    the capital was moved to the newly established city of Columbia in the center of the state and equally
    accessible to both the Upcountry and the Lowcountry [just as the national capital was moved to the
    more central location at the District of Columbia (8-3.4)]. These measures helped ease, but did not
    eliminate, political tensions between the Upcountry and the Lowcountry since the Lowcountry
    maintained its majority in the Legislature.

    1. What is the thesis of this “Political representation was a major source of tension.”
    paragraph?

    2. What idea(s) does this “helped ease, but did not eliminate, political tensions between
    paragraph use as evidence to the Upcountry and the Lowcountry” and “equally accessible to
    prove the thesis?
    both the Upcountry and the Lowcountry” Upcountry didn’t have
    much representation.
    Moving the Capital in 1786: Watch Video

    1. What rivers converge at the Saluda, Broad, and Congaree Rivers


    site Columbia?

    2. What were backcountry The backcountry settlers wanted a greater voice in government
    settlers lobbying the
    Lowcountry elite for?

    3. How does Walter Edgar define People more than 50 miles inland to the mountains.
    backcountry people?

    4. How is Columbia different It is different because it is the only capital city that was a planned city from the
    from capital cities in other very beginning.
    states?

    5. How were the street names Some were named for crops, others were named for war heroes, and some for
    chosen? trees.

    6. Why did people in the They wanted the capital to be moved because it would be more convenient for
    backcountry want the capital them. So moving it to Columbia was a more accessible place for the capital to
    moved? be.
    Cotton is King

    Lowcountry planters resisted giving the Upcountry’s more equal representation in the legislature
    because they feared that the Upcountry farmers did not support slavery. The invention of the cotton
    gin made cotton a viable cash crop in the Upcountry and, as a result, the Upcountry had a greater
    demand for slave labor. As the number of slaves in the Upcountry increased, the willingness of the
    Lowcountry to share power increased as well. In the compromise of 1808, the legislature agreed to
    reapportionment. Representation was to be based equally on the white population and the amount of
    taxable property (including slaves). Consequently, those areas that had the most slaves continued to
    have disproportionate control over the legislature. But now both the Lowcountry and the Upcountry
    had their share of slaves and so their share of political power.

    Cotton is King Watch here & use headphones if you have them

    1. What did Thomas Jefferson They both believed that slavery was going to die out.
    and George Washington
    believe about the fate of
    slavery?

    2. Who invented the cotton Eli Whitney


    gin?

    3. What did South Carolina That it was difficult and taking the seeds from the cotton lint was tedious and
    planters tell him about time-consuming.
    cleaning cotton?
    4. When did he patent his 1794
    invention?

    5. How many lbs of cotton a 300-1,000 pounds of cotton a day.


    day could a worker clean
    with this?

    6. How did it affect the It increased the need for slaves.


    demand for labor?

    7. What were slaves To plant and harvest king cotton.


    demanded for the most?

    8. How did the enslaved The enslaved population increased by a lot over time “As the number of
    population change over slaves in the Upcountry increased, the willingness of the Lowcountry
    time? Provide evidence to share power increased as well.” In 1790 there were seven hundred
    from the text. thousand slaves but by 1860 there were nearly 4 million slaves.

    9. What are unintended Unintended consequences are when you get something good but on the other
    consequences? end you get something bad “ like a double-ended sword” you can protect
    yourself but you also get hurt. And the unintended consequence here was that
    they thought the demand for slaves was going to go down but it instead
    increased because they needed more people to grow and plant cotton because it
    became such a big cash crop.

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