AP Sample Document “[H]istory and experience prove that foreign influence is one of In terms of the white population of Virginia and Maryland in the mid-18th century, the top five percent were estimated to be planters who possessed growing wealth and increasing political power and social prestige. Conflict with Native Americans . Decades of animosity between coastal elites and backcountry settlers who did not enjoy accurate representation in the assemblies meant a complex political and social milieu throughout this turbulent time. the backcountry settlers by setting up seven circuit courthouses around the colony to provide justice, law and order in the region. Social tensions between backcountry settlers and elites along the coastline . The first white settlers to move to the backcountry were traders and woodsmen, so they were viewed by the Lowcountry elite as “uncivilized.” As the first area settled, the Lowcountry along the Atlantic coast surrounding Charleston was the home of plantation owners … A decrease in the economic importance of slavery and other forms of coerced labor. D. Carolinas - 1663- proprietary colony set to give a group of 8 creditors to King Charles their debt paid off. In the Bacon Rebellion, this ongoing tension caused farmers to kill many Indians, even friendly ones. SURVEY . The Southern elite consisted of wealthy planters in Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina. The growth in the use of African slave labor . In the Bacon Rebellion, this ongoing tension caused farmers to kill many Indians, even friendly ones. A decrease in the coastal population. Pontiac's War (1763–1765), waged by Indians against the British in the Illinois and Ohio countries, also engrossed the backcountry in fear and fighting. The domination of the elite planter class over elected assemblies . A rigid social hierarchy . Westward movement, the populating by Europeans of the land within the continental boundaries of the mainland United States, a process that began shortly after the first colonial settlements were established along the Atlantic coast. -example of the general tensions that existed along the frontier in the 13 colonies, between white settlers and Indians, between frontier communities and coastal communities and government -white settlement of Pennsylvania’s western frontier resulted in part from population pressures in … However representation in the General Assembly was still disproportional and the tensions between the Lowcountry and the backcountry continued. ... growth of social tensions between backcountry settlers and coastal elites. 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