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Colonial South Carolina existed from 1663 until 1783 as a British province in North America. The colony was named after King Charles II and was founded by eight “Lord Proprietors.” The colony was a large producer of rice, indigo, and other crops through the use of African slave labor.
The South Carolina Colony was founded by the British in 1663 and was one of the 13 original colonies. It was founded by eight nobles with a Royal Charter from King Charles II and was part of the group of Southern Colonies, along with North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and Maryland.
Settled by the English in 1670, South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution in 1788. Its early economy was largely agricultural, benefitting from the area’s fertile...
In 1665 Edward Hyde, 1st earl of Clarendon, and seven other members of the British nobility received a charter from King Charles II to establish the colony of Carolina (named for the king) in a vast territory between latitudes 29° and 36°30′ N and from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
The South Carolina Colony was one of the 13 original colonies in America. The 13 original colonies were divided into three regions including the New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies.
The colonial period of South Carolina saw the exploration and colonization of the region by European colonists during the early modern period, eventually resulting in the establishment of the Province of Carolina by English settlers in 1663, which was then divided to create the Province of South Carolina in 1710.
South Carolina was one of the 13 Original Colonies that declared independence from Great Britain in July 1776, establishing the United States of America.
The Province of South Carolina was an English colony in North America that existed from 1663 until 1776, when it joined the other 12 of the 13 colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of South Carolina.
In 1719, South Carolina became a crown colony. In the Stamp Act Crisis of 1765, South Carolina banded together with the other colonies to oppose British taxation and played a major role in resisting Great Britain.
South Carolina began as the Carolina colony, which combined modern-day North and South Carolina. The first attempted settlement in the Carolinas was Roanoke, which ended with the colonists disappearing. The Spanish and French also had failed attempts to colonize the Carolinas.