1. Lowcountry vs. Upcountry
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2. #1 Which two sections of S. C
#1 Which two sections of S.C. were at odds with one another during the post-Revolutionary War time period?

3. #2 Where is the Upcountry located?

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

5. #3 What type of farmers tended to live in the Upcountry?

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

7. #4 Where was the original capital of S. C
#4 Where was the original capital of S.C.? #5 Where was the capital moved to and why?

8. 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

9. #6 What invention led to the development of plantations in the Upcountry? #7 Which cash crop revived the Carolina economy after the Revolution? #8 What did the legislature agree to in the Compromise of 1808? #9 What type of crop was cotton?

10. 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

11. #10 Where is the Lowcountry located?

12. 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

13. #11 What type of Farmers tended to live in the Lowcountry?

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

15. #12 What reasons were behind the suffering of the Lowcountry after the Revolutionary War?

16. 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

17. #13 What compromise eventually gave the upcountry more representation in government?

18. 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)