Brief State History:
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
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Neighboring States:
North Carolina,
Georgia,
Tennessee &
Florida
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