1521: Issues While Settling In Charles Town

Issues While Settling in Charles Town
Settling is the action of where people establish a community. In 1521, Francisco Gordillo sailed from Spain to Carolina coast. It is believed that he never tried to create a settlement, but only angered a Native American tribe and sold them into slavery. Later Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón led a group of 600 settlers to the Carolina coast again. Weather, disease, low food supplies, and unfriendly natives doomed them from the beginning. When Lucas Vasquez de Ayllón died, the settlers had left within six months. These issues that drove out the settlers, is why Charles Town was difficult to settle.

One example that made Charles Town difficult to settle was the geography. The geography made it hard to settle because of all the marshes and swampland. This made it hard to build settlements and start farms, because the ground was too wet. The water proximity had advantages and disadvantages. There an advantage to trading over land and water, but the disadvantage was that enemies could sail into the settlement and attack. Another problem with the geography was that the maps were not accurate. The settlers could not use the maps

The flat land of South Carolina is a disadvantage because, if the settlers were under attack they would have nowhere to hide. They would be an open target for any enemies and these settlers would have no protection from the Natives. The land also had several different soil types like clay, loam, and marl, which made it hard to grow crops. The bodies of water found in South Carolina could produce advantages and disadvantages. These bodies of water could provide a place for many animals in this region. These animals would include panthers, tigers, wolves, deer, and other beasts of prey. Animals like these could pose a threat against the settlers. Unfavorable situations like this was why Charles Town was