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The Grim Years: Settling South Carolina, 1670-1720 (U of South Carolina Press, 2019). Quintana, Ryan A. Making a Slave State: Political Development in Early South Carolina (U of North Carolina Press, 2018) online review [dead link ]. Rogers, George C. Evolution of a Federalist: William Loughton Smith of Charleston (1758-1812)
This is a list of colonial governors of South Carolina from 1670 to 1775. Until the beginning of the American Revolution in 1775, South Carolina was a colony of Great Britain. South Carolina was named in honor of King Charles II of England, who first formed the English colony, with Carolus being Latin for "Charles". [1]
South Carolina is named after King Charles I of England.Carolina is taken from the Latin word for "Charles", Carolus. South Carolina was formed in 1712. By the end of the 16th century, the Spanish and French had left the area of South Carolina after several reconnaissance missions, expeditions and failed colonization attempts, notably the short-living French outpost of Charlesfort followed by ...
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Date Established 1610 1620 1630 1640 1650 1660 ... South Carolina [e] 1629 — — — — — — 200 1,200 ... 1760 1770 1780 Connecticut: 25,970 39,450
1760 House William Cooper House: Indiantown 1760 House Samuel Wainwright House: 94 Tradd Street, Charleston 1760 House Thomas Hepworth House: 214 New Street, Beaufort 1760 [46] House Possibly the oldest house in Beaufort, South Carolina. Could have been built as early as 1720. Joseph H. Rainey House: 909 Prince Street, Georgetown 1760 House ...
South Carolina Golf Club founded. [18] 1788 – Charleston becomes part of the new US state of South Carolina. [16] 1789 – Medical Society of South Carolina founded. [19] 1790 College of Charleston opens. [2] Population: 16,359. [20] Brown Fellowship Society [21] founded. 1791 – Roman Catholic Church of Charleston incorporated. 1792
British General Henry Clinton. Throughout the course of the American Revolutionary War, over 200 battles were fought within South Carolina, more than in any other state.On November 19, 1775, Patriot forces of the Long Cane Militia fought Loyalists in the first battle of Ninety Six, resulting in the death of James Birmingham, the first South Carolinian and southerner of the war.