Standard 1 PASS NEED TO KNOW’s Native Americans, Europeans, Africans 1. The culture, political systems and daily life of the Yemassees, Cherokees and Catawba were affected by the geography and land in which they lived. These Native Americans of the Eastern woodlands used the rivers for transportation and created weapons from rock and animal bones. 2. Originally the Europeans depended upon the Native Americans and their relationship was built around deerskin trading, however, this relationship quickly deteriorated because of broken treaties and land agreements resulting in war between the tribes and settlers. 3. Spain, France, and England competed for land in the Carolinians to make their mother country rich. Spain and France failed in their attempts to settle San Miguel de Gualdape, San Felipe, and Charlesfort due to lack of supplies, leadership, and Native American attacks. Britain (England) led by the King and the Lord proprietors learned from the mistakes of the French and Spanish and founded a settlement at Albemarle Pont which became the first permanent colony known as Charles Town. 4. The slave trade during the colonial period resulted in the rapid growth of the African American population which helped to develop the culture (e.g. Gullah) and economy (e.g. rice) of SC. The population imbalance (black’s outnumbered whites 4 to 1) led to the Stono Rebellion which resulted in the slave codes restricting slave’s rights even more. 5. South Carolinas government began as a Proprietary Colony and changed to a Royal Colony after the colonist protested against the Lord Proprietors who were charging a quitrent and not helping the colonists when needed. 6. Several Settlers began to move into the upcountry (backcountry) and soon the population in the upcountry outnumbered that of the lowcountry, however the upcountry had much less representation or voice in government. There was little law enforcement in the upcountry so settlers formed vigilante groups and took matters into their own hands which was called the regulators. The movement grew out of control when innocent people were losing their live so finally the government provided aid with the circuit court act stopping the violence. 7. South Carolinians used natural, human, and political resources to gain economic prosperity including trade with Barbados, rice planting, Eliza Lucas Pinckney and indigo planting, the slave trade, and the practice of mercantilism. 8. SC was involved in the military and economic rivalry between the French and the British as both were trying to establish a place in SC. The French and Indian war (Great Britain v. France and France’s Indian allies) later known as the seven years war impacted SC by leading to the Cherokee war; helping to expand SC’s indigo trade after the British was the war.