Carolina backcountry

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frontier region historical region

The Carolina backcountry was a sparsely settled, frontier region of colonial North and South Carolina characterized by small farms, scattered settlements, and frequent conflicts among settlers, Native Americans, and colonial authorities.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Backcountry of South Carolina 1
Backcountry of colonial South Carolina 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf frontier region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedBy Appalachian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atlantic coastal plain of the Carolinas NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy ethnic diversity ⓘ
frequent conflicts ⓘ
frontier conditions ⓘ
scattered settlements ⓘ
small farms ⓘ
sparsely settled population ⓘ
conflictType settler–Native American conflict ⓘ
settler–colonial authority conflict ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
governance limited legal institutions ⓘ
weak colonial administration ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity hunting ⓘ
small-scale livestock raising ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
hasPopulationType German settlers ⓘ
Native American groups ⓘ
Scots-Irish settlers NERFINISHED ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ
small farmers ⓘ
historicalSignificance center of Regulator unrest in North Carolina ⓘ
example of British American frontier society ⓘ
important theater of Revolutionary War fighting in the South ⓘ
influencedBy migration from Pennsylvania and Virginia ⓘ
westward migration from coastal Carolinas ⓘ
language English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Scots-Irish dialects of English ⓘ
locatedIn British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
Province of North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Province of South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Southern Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfConflict American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Anglo–Cherokee War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Regulator Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Baptist denominations ⓘ
Methodism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterianism
socialStructure dispersed homesteads ⓘ
few large towns ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
colonial era ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Waxhaws region → partOf → Carolina backcountry ⓘ
Chester County, South Carolina → historicalRegion → Carolina backcountry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Backcountry of South Carolina
Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery → region → Carolina backcountry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Backcountry of colonial South Carolina