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Government in
South Carolina
Standard: 8-1.6 group 8By: Ever Wyatt and Mary Beth Williams
What is government?
Government is a set of polices, roles, and responsibilities established to direct and control the used of technology, direction of state, and actions of citizens.
Why do we have government?
We have government to ensure the natural rights of the people are protected (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness).
What was Carolinas first plan of government?
In order to attract more settlers the proprietors began to share some of the political control of the colony with property owners.
Carolina devolved a political elite(where the largest plantation owners were who held the greatest wealth, power, and influence in the colony.) as a result of the amassing of great wealth and political power in the hands of the largest plantation owners.
What was Carolinas first plan of government (continued)
Carolina had a legislative assembly established to make laws , including tax laws , for the colony.
What about other colonies?
Most English colonies had a bicameral (two house) assembly.
Back to Carolina!!!!!
In Carolina the proprietors and the elite had greater representation in the government than did the common people.
proprietors
There was no middle class
colonist
What happened next?
The grand council decided that a majority of each group in the colonies – the representatives of the proprietors, the colonial elite and the common people – should have equal voice in the government even though this representation would not be proportional to their numbers in the population.
The commons house of assembly-
Separate house was established to represent the people
Modern day
What about the proprietors and the colonist?
in South Carolina representation for the low country continued to be greater than that for the backcountry.
Tension between the colonist and the proprietors grew because the colonists felt neglected by the absentee landlord who collected rent but offered them little protection.
The proprietors thought that the colonist were disobedient and they were making little profit.
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