Which statement best summarizes the role of lord Ashley in establishing a permanent settlement in the Carolina?

A.) Lord Ashley promised a sum of money to the men and women who moved to the Carolina, attracting enough settlers to build a stable colony

B.) Lord Ashley captained the ship that delivered the first settlers to the Carolina, and served as governor to the colony

C.) Philosopher John Locke assisted Lord Ashley in writing a plan for governing the colony, which included the policy of religious freedom

D.) Lord Ashley recruited only men to move to the Carolina, sending women only after a settlement was established

Answer: C) Philosopher John Locke assisted Lord Ashley in writing a plan for governing the colony, which included the policy of religious freedom.

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621-1683) was a prominent English politician. He was a founder of the Whig party and is also remembered as the patron of political philosopher John Locke.

Lord Ashley was also one of the eight Lord Proprietors given title to land in North America, which eventually became the Province of Carolina, in honour of King Charles. Ashley and John Locke, who was his assistant, drafter a plan for the colony known as the Grand Model, which included the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina, and their plans for settlement and development.