SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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Gullahs
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French Protestants
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All of the above
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wealthy people from Barbados
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Detailed explanation-1: -Settled by the English in 1670, South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution in 1788. Its early economy was largely agricultural, benefitting from the area’s fertile soil. Plantation farmers relied on the slave trade for cheap labor to maximize profits.
Detailed explanation-2: -Following the initiative of the lords proprietor (or their deputies), the English made the first permanent settlement in the region, on the west bank of the Ashley River at Albemarle Point, in 1670.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first permanent British settlement in South Carolina was founded in 1670. It would later become the city of Charleston. Settlers were soon moving into the region to grow crops on large plantations. In order to work the plantations they brought in slaves from Africa.