Settling in Charles Town
If an explorer found open land without hostile native tribes then he would be as happy as a clam at high tide! Back then many countries wanted to claim and create settlements in new land. Settlers wanted to settle in Charles Town but it was very difficult, many died, but after a lot of hard work Charles Town was settled. Charles Town was difficult to settle because of three things geography, resources, and disease.
One of the difficulties of settling Charles Town was geography. In the 1760’s the technology used to make maps was not as advanced as it is now, the maps that the cartographers made aren’t as useful now as they were in the 1760’s. The cartographers made maps to let the settlers know what natural resources the land provided. In Document A the natural resources that were abundant in Charles Town were trees, land, water, animals, and plants. The maps would let the …show more content…
Flat land made traveling and growing crops easier for the settlers. Another resource that the settlers discovered was land that was cleared out by the Native Americans, this land was highly desirable because it was easier to create settlements and pastures. James Glenn (a settler) even said South Carolina was beautiful, “There arise in many places fine savannahs, or wide extended plains, which do not produce any trees; these are a kind of natural lawns, and some of them as beautiful as those made by art.” (Document B) In Charles Town, the soil was rich and was great for crops but in some parts of the land the soil was sandy near the coast, and in other parts there was clay, loam, and marl. Wild animals were another reason why settling in Charles Town was difficult, there were endless numbers of panthers, tygers, wolves, deer, and other beasts of prey. These wild animals were threats to the settlers trying to settle in Charles
If an explorer found open land without hostile native tribes then he would be as happy as a clam at high tide! Back then many countries wanted to claim and create settlements in new land. Settlers wanted to settle in Charles Town but it was very difficult, many died, but after a lot of hard work Charles Town was settled. Charles Town was difficult to settle because of three things geography, resources, and disease.
One of the difficulties of settling Charles Town was geography. In the 1760’s the technology used to make maps was not as advanced as it is now, the maps that the cartographers made aren’t as useful now as they were in the 1760’s. The cartographers made maps to let the settlers know what natural resources the land provided. In Document A the natural resources that were abundant in Charles Town were trees, land, water, animals, and plants. The maps would let the …show more content…
Flat land made traveling and growing crops easier for the settlers. Another resource that the settlers discovered was land that was cleared out by the Native Americans, this land was highly desirable because it was easier to create settlements and pastures. James Glenn (a settler) even said South Carolina was beautiful, “There arise in many places fine savannahs, or wide extended plains, which do not produce any trees; these are a kind of natural lawns, and some of them as beautiful as those made by art.” (Document B) In Charles Town, the soil was rich and was great for crops but in some parts of the land the soil was sandy near the coast, and in other parts there was clay, loam, and marl. Wild animals were another reason why settling in Charles Town was difficult, there were endless numbers of panthers, tygers, wolves, deer, and other beasts of prey. These wild animals were threats to the settlers trying to settle in Charles