South Carolina

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South Carolinas Natural, Human, and Political
Resources

• Standard Indicator 8-1.5 Students will be able
  to explain how South Carolinians used their
  natural, human, and political resources uniquely
  to gain economic prosperity, including settlement
  by and trade with the people of Barbados, rice
  and indigo planting, and the practice of
  mercantilism.

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Carolinas Natural Resources

• Abundant deer hunted for deerskins
• Pine forests to harvest for lumber naval stores
  
• Fertile land for farming
• Mild climate
• Long growing season
• Geographic conditions made Lowcountry suitable
  for rice planting
• Charles Town came major trade market due to
• Good port
• Navigable waterways along coast into interior
  for shipping goods

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South Carolinians Human Resources

• Carolinas people developed a flourishing trade
• Carolina became a profitable colony

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Economic Activities People

• Colonists trade beads, trinkets, guns, alcohol
  to Natives for deerskins furs
• Colonists enslaved Natives ended good trade
  relationship
• Carolina settlers from Barbados sold Natives
  cattle to island
• Colonists sold Naval Stores to Britain to make
  ships watertight
• Colonists used African slaves to cultivate rice,
  Carolina Gold First Cash Crop
• Colonists grow indigo make dye, Carolina Blue
  Second Cash Crop

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Carolina Cash Crops Bring Wealth

• Rice Carolina Gold
• Labor intensive crop
• African slaves had knowledge of how to plant rice
  
• Staple crop cash crop
• Brought long term prosperity
• Determination of settlers hard work of slaves
  resulted in growing agricultural economy
• First Cash Crop

• Indigo Carolina Blue
• Introduced by Eliza Lucas
• Immigrant from Antigua
• Planted indigo to make family plantation
  successful
• British government offered a subsidy as an
  incentive to growers
• Eliza shared her success with other planters
• Second Cash Crop

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Political Factors Contributing to SCs
Prosperity

• Mercantilism Mother country controlled trade to
  export more goods than imported
• By enforcing mercantilism mother country would
  amass more gold silver become wealthy
  powerful
• SC source of raw materials market for British
  manufactured goods
• Britains dependence on foreign trade was
  lessened improving her balance of trade (exported
  more than imported)
• Britain encouraged development of new products by
  offering subsidies (bounties)
• Indigo planters received subsidies
• Rice Indigo on enumerated list of products
  that could be sold only to Britain

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Mercantilism Benefited Carolina

• Carolina planters had secure market to sell their
  rice and indigo crops
• Britain did not enforce enumerated list on
  Carolina rice giving Carolina the advantage of a
  wider market
• Britain was lax on enforcing most mercantilist
  laws (salutary neglect)
• Neglect left English colonists free to develop
  their economies without much interference from
  Britain the mother country

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