| Low-Country vs. Up-Country | American Revolution | The Constitution | Royal Colony | Movements and Acts |
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Upcountry--- Greater Populations (slaves)
No longer a “Wild Frontier” instead was the home of cotton planters. The people began to have a little more say in political affairs. Low-country--- Loosely Governed Had little respe
What is the difference between Upcountry and the Low-country?
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Later on we will be taxed
What effect did the French and Indian War have on South Carolina?
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(SC) Was a Low-country resident and will believe in a strong central government.
Who was Charles Pinckney?
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An economic policy
Through mercantilism, the mother country tries to get rich off its colonies
What is Mercantilism?
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Was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies.
What was the Tea Act?
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Low-Country
Who was loosely Governed? (Low Country or Upcountry)
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The British taxed us because they head to pay of the War debt
Why did the British think they had the right to impose tighter controls and more financial obligations on the American colonist?
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Business and Trades. It looked at 2 things, 1 they're not going to touch slavery for 10 years, and it had to deal with interstate trading.
What was Commerce Compromise?
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*The largest population
-made it the colony’s most most important region *The majority of the Low country population was slave
What is Low Country?
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The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
What was the Stamp Act?
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The State House
What moved from Charleston to Columbia to ease tension between the Low-Country and the Upcountry?
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Great Britain wanted to send over more fighting troops (Groups), wanted to protect it’s interest
Why did the colonist oppose Great Britain’s plan to station more troops in America?
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Is an introduction, but it states that the government gets it law from the people not the higher people.
What was the Preamble?
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*The largest part of the
Colony *Settlers mostly Subsistence farmers, but there were some small plantation. There were no jails, courts, or sheriff's.
What is Upcountry?
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For war debts, 10 years later, the colonists rose in armed rebellion against the British.
Why did we have the Acts?
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Low-Country
2.3rd of then lived near Charleston Ports?
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Over 137
About how many battles were in SC?
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The people rule (Americans vote).
What is Popular Sovereignty?
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“The Regulators”
*Were self appointed *Vigilantes -people who took the law into their own hands *Thought it was necessary to help establish law & order in the up Country
What is the Regulator Movement?
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They had stopped buying, and they threw the tea out. They refused to pay taxes!
What did the people do to Rebel these Acts?
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Low-Country
They wanted a strong national government to help them make trade more fair with foreign nations?
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A 2 house Government
What does Bicameral mean?
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The constitution set up rules for what it can and cannot do.
What is a Limited Government?
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-The act ended the Regulator Movement
-Established 7 judicial districts -Each district had a jail, sheriff, and the judge
What is the Circuit Court Act of 1767?
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) is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which became law on March 31, 1774, and is one of the measures (variously called the Intolerable Acts, the Punitive Acts or the Coercive Acts) that were designed to secure Great Britain's jurisdictions over h
What did The Boston Port Act do?
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