2. • During the 1670s, Carolina officially belonged to a set of
English Aristocrats, favorites of the king who remained in
England
• Carolina’s low country was colder in the winter and hotter in
the summer, with many thunderstorms, but colonists took the
discomfort to exploit the fertile land
• To keep the inflated Indian and slave populations in check,
Carolina’s government would trade one gun and three
blankets for every escaped slave caught by the Indians
• This kept the natives not only in need of the Carolinians for
ammo, but to also keep natives on the settler’s side for fear of
being taken captive by an enemy tribe
• To pay for guns, Indian tribes would raid enemy tribes to
capture slaves which could be sold for more guns to the
Carolinians
3. The Division Bell
• In 1670, 200 colonists from Barbados formed Charles Town,
only 250 miles from the nearest Spanish town, defying Spain’s
territory claims on the east coast
• The Lords granted 150 acres of land per family member in a
household, including slaves. This incentive exploded the
population from 200 in 1670 to 6,600 in 1700
• However, settlements in the Albemarle Sound, founded
~1650, just south of Virginia, resented inclusion in Carolina,
and in 1691 the Lords Proprietor modified the borders to
separate North and South Carolina
• This division left Charles Town the capital of “South Carolina”
