Question

Which statement best summarizes the role of the Lord Ashley in establishing a permanet settlement in the Carolinas?

Answer 1

The correct answer is C. Philosopher John Locke assisted Lord Ashley in writing a plan for governing the colony, which included the policy of religious freedom. Option A is not accurate because Lord Ashley did not make any promise to new settlers. Initially, in 1653, colonists from Virginia, New England and Bermuda settled in Albermarle County. Option B is also wrong because Lord Ashley did not captain any ship and never was Governor of the colony. He was one of the eight Lords Proprietors, that received a charter from King Charles II to establish the Carolina colony. Finally, option D is also wrong because there is not any record of such considerations about men and women settling the colony. What is proved is that John Locke assisted Lord Ashley and the Lord Proprietors in drafting and designing the Grand Model for the Province of Carolina, between 1666 and 1670.

Answer 2

The correct answer would be C.

King Charles 2 rewarded Lord Ashley for his role in the restoration of the monarchy of 1660 with the granting of joint ownership of carolina along with seven other english nobles.

The owners of carolina initially expected to populate their american lands with settlers form other colonies, but the attempts failed. In 1669, Lord Ashley rescued the collapsing colonial enterprise by presuading the other owners to finance a setttlement expedition form england. With the help of John Locke, who was a member or his family and property secretary, Lord Ashley wrote the fundamental constitutions for the colony and oversaw the arrangements fot the expedition that brouught the first permanent english settleres to carolina.