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South
Carolina is one of the 13 original colonies
of the United States. European exploration
of the area began in April 1540, with the
Hernando de Soto expedition, who unwittingly
introduced new Eurasian diseases that
decimated the local Indian population,
because they lacked any immunity. In 1663
the English Crown granted land to eight
proprietors of what became the colony. The
first settlers came to the Province of
Carolina at the port of Charleston in 1670;
they were mostly wealthy planters and their
slaves coming from the British Caribbean
colony of Barbados. They started to develop
their commodity crops of sugar and cotton.
Pushing back the American Indians in the Yamasee War (1715-1717), colonists next
overthrew the proprietors' rule, seeing more
direct representation. In 1719 the colony
was officially made a crown colony; North
Carolina was split off and made into a
separate colony in 1729.
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 Britain. It
became independent in March 1776 and joined
the United States of America. The
Revolution was bloody and hard fought in
1780-81, as the British invaded, captured
the American army and were finally driven
out.
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Adoptable
SCGenWeb Counties:
Aiken,
Barnwell,
Berkeley,
Calhoun,
Charleston,
Chester,
Fairfield,
Georgetown,
Horry,
Kershaw,
Lancaster,
Lexington,
McCormick,
Orangeburg,
Saluda,
Williamsburg and
York.
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Neighboring States:
North Carolina,
Georgia,
Tennessee &
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