Transcript Chapter 8: Division Within NC

Chapter 8: Division
Within NC
Pages 138-151
Do!
• Copy down vocab words and definitions on page 140
• (12 vocab words total)
Section 1: North Against South NC
“Setting the Stage” (Page 141)
• 1. For nearly 40 years after NC became a _________ colony, it did
not have a permanent __________.
• 2. Quick question: What do you think a royal colony is?
• 3. What is antagonism?
Section 1 Quick Check
• 1. Why was the Granville District created? (Page 142)
• 2. How was unequal representation a cause of conflict among
sections of the colony? (Pages 142-143)
• 3. Why did anarchy develop in Albemarle County? (Pages 143-144)
• 4. Who was the 1st governor of NC?
• 5. Who was the 2nd governor of NC?
Section 2: East Against West NC
“Setting the Stage” (Pages 145-146)
• 1. After the death of Governor Dobbs who became the governor of
NC?
• 2. In 1767, the new governor hired an architect to begin work on a
new governor’s residence in _________________.
• 3. It would serve as a ___________ and a ___________ for the
governor, but in fact it was more like a palace!
• 4. News of this grand project angered people in
________________ of NC.
• 5. What revealed the growing split between east and west NC?
“East and west develop different cultures”
(Page 146)
• 1. Many easterners enjoyed the comforts of ____________ life.
• 2. These included properly built _________ with _____________
and clothing that had been _____________ from overseas.
• 3. Quick Question: What is an import?
• 4. The east had a culture dominated by a small group of wealthy
______________ and _____________. It also depended to a large
degree on _____________ and ______________ labor.
“East and west develop different cultures”
(Page 146) CONTINUED
• 5. In the west, a different culture took root among settlers on the
_____________.
• 6. While the east’s population was mostly of ___________ descent or
__________________, settlers in the backcountry were mostly
_____________________ and ______________. Most were ___________, small
______________ who worked their own ____________ farms themselves.
• 7. In the rolling hills of the _____________, they struggled to make a living from
land ______ productive than that in the Coastal Plain.
• 8. Instead of ____________ houses, many lived in ___________ without even the
luxury of a __________ floors.
• 9. Money was ____________ in the backcountry.
• 10. The backcountry (western NC) was still a _______ system, in which people
exchanged goods and services for things they needed.
“East and west develop different cultures”
(Page 146) CONTINUED
• 11. Westerners were extremely ______-________ and more
_____________ than easterners.
• 12. Since most people in backcountry led the same hard life,
______________ tended to see all people as ___________.
• 13. Most westerners had little patience for ______________
attitudes of eastern _____________ society.
East vs. West NC Quick Check
• Create a t-chart contrasting the economy and people of eastern
NC vs. western NC.
Eastern NC
Western NC
“East and west compete for representation in
the Assembly” (Pages 146-147)
• 1. While ___________ disliked easterner’s aristocratic ways, easterners
looked down on the _______, ____________ westerners
• 2. Representation in the Assembly was by county rather than by
____________.
• 3. Why are there so many small counties in eastern NC today?
• 4. Only ______ representatives out of a total of 81 came from the
____________ counties.
• 5. Quick Question: Did the people in western NC (backcountry) have any
power in government?
• 6. Quick Question: Which region of NC controlled the power of
government in NC?
“Selection of local officials angers
westerners” (Pages 147-148)
• 1. What practice led to major fights between the westerners and
their eastern-appointed public officials?
“Westerns complain about corrupt officials”
(Page 148)
• 1. The government officials/representatives were paid based on
_______?
• 2. If people could not afford to pay for services done by officials,
what would they be charged instead of money?
“Officials eastern ways cause friction”
(Page 148)
• To westerners, officials seemed _________, _________, and
completely ____________ about the opinions and rights of the
people.
• 2. As a result, settlers in the backcountry came to view public
officials with ________ and _________.
“The cost of the governor’s palace”
(Pages 148-149)
• 1. The governor’s palace caused the conflict to come to climax
between the east and the west.
• 2. Citizens in NC were required to pay a _______ tax.
• 3. The poll tax charged each person, rich and poor, the same rate.
This seemed unfair to those in west NC (who made far less money
than those in east NC) and because people in west NC were poorly
represented in government.
“The Regulator movement” (Pages 149-150)
• The _______ for the ___________ palace was the last straw for
many westerners.
• 2. Pioneers reacted to the new poll tax, forming a group known as
the Regulators.
• 3. Quick Question: Who was Edmund Fanning and why did
westerners dislike him?
“The growth of conflict” (Pages 150-151)
• 1. Because of the dislike and distrust that westerners felt towards
Fanning, 150 Regulators broke into a courthouse where Fanning
lived and did what?? (HINT: First two paragraphs in section)
• 2. QUICK QUESTION: Do you think the Regulators were too harsh
on Fanning? Explain why or why not.
• 3. Governor Tryon could not ignore such lawlessness.
• 4. Tryon ordered 1,450 militia of the colony to face the 2,000
Regulators.
• 5. QUICK QUESTION: What is a militia?
“The growth of conflict” CONTINUED
(Pages 150-151)
• 6. Gov. Tryon ordered the Regulators lay down their weapons, and
the Regulator’s replied, “FIRE AND BE DAMNED!!”
• 7. For 2 hours, a battle raged. The battle was known the Battle of
Alamance.
• 8. Gov. Tryon pardoned thousands of others in exchange for their
oaths of allegiance to the colonial government of NC.
• 9. The Battle of Alamance ended the Regulator movement, but
division between east and west NC remained.
“The growth of conflict” CONTINUED
(Pages 150-151) (Last paragraph on p. 151)
• 10. Western protests were soon drowned out by even louder
protests in the American colonies against _________________.
• 11. Many _________ North Carolinians had already thrown in their
lot with these colonials rebels – called __________.
• 12. The Patriots called for nothing less than
_______________________ from Great Britain.
• 13. Western North Carolinians now had to decide whether they
would join the movement for ___________ from __________.