1. Lowcountry vs. Upcountry
8-3.1

2. Tensions Regulator movement
Revolutionary war- Lowcountry Patriots fought backcountry Loyalists.
Political representation

3. I. Upcountry Who and where? 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

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

5. 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

6. 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
I. Upcountry

7. II. Lowcountry Who and where?
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

8. II. Lowcountry plantations with lots of slave labor
tended to be very rich
Revolution hurt Lowcountry
British destroyed property, took slaves and livestock

9. II. Lowcountry Economic Problems
made most of their money using mercantilism
when war ended, England didn’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

10. 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)

11. III. Compromise of 1808
Lowcountry resisted giving the Upcountry more representation in the legislature
They feared the Upcountry would not support Slavery
The invention of the cotton gin made cotton a viable cash crop in the upcountry.
As a result, the upcountry now needed slave labor

12. Compromise of 1808
As the number of slaves increased in the upcountry, the willingness of the Lowcountry to share power increased as well.
In 1808, the legislature agreed to reapportionment.
Representation was to be based equally on the white population and the amount of taxable property- including slaves

13. End result
Those areas that had the most slaves continued to have disproportionate control over the legislature.
But now both the Lowcountry and upcountry had their share of slaves and so their share of political power.

14. 8-3.1 Review

15. 8-3.1 Review
Which two sections of S.C. were at odds with one another following the Revolutionary War?
Where is the Upcountry located?
What type of farmers tended to live in the Upcountry?
Where was the original capital of S.C.?
Where was the capital moved to and why?

16. 8-3.1 Review
6. What invention led to the development of plantations in the Upcountry?
7. Which cash crop revived the Carolina economy after the Revolution?
What did the legislature agree to in the Compromise of 1808?
What type of crop was cotton?

17. 8-3.1 Review
10. Where is the Lowcountry located? 11. What type of Farmers tended to live in the Lowcountry? 12. What reasons were behind the suffering of the Lowcountry after the Revolutionary War?