Unit 3 Lesson 2 Cherokee War and The Regulators

Many people were killed on both sides

Towns were burned and crops destroyed

The British, led by Colonel James Grant, defeated the Cherokee

The Cherokee gained more land

Dispute over land and Lyttleton trade embargo

Treaty of Augusta and peace treaty

Burned towns and destroyed crops

Colonists' wealth and plantations

The Lowcountry was wealthier and had more government officials, while the Backcountry had more violence and lacked courts or jails.

The Backcountry had more plantations and slave labor than the Lowcountry.

The Lowcountry had more population growth than the Backcountry.

The Backcountry had more schools and colonial officials than the Lowcountry.

To provide law and order when the Assembly failed to help

To fight against British taxes

To support the Low Country elite

To establish new colonies

Courthouses were established throughout the colony

Each courthouse had a jail and sheriff to keep order

Representation in the Assembly became equal for Backcountry and Low Country

More people participated in government