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3 days ago · John J. Navin offers a new account of the first half century of settlement in the colony of South Carolina, which he characterizes as The Grim Years. By the mid-18th century South Carolina would become the wealthiest British colony in mainland North America, but in recent years scholars long familiar with its distinctive plantation system have turned more attention to these earlier, formative ...
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3 days ago · South Carolina, constituent state of the U.S., one of the 13 original colonies. Shaped like an inverted triangle, it is bounded on the north by North Carolina, on the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the southwest by Georgia. Columbia, located in the center of the state, is the capital and largest city.
2 days ago · South Carolina was named in honor of King Charles I of England, who first formed the English colony, with Carolus being Latin for "Charles". [7] In 1712 the Province of South Carolina was formed. One of the original Thirteen Colonies, South Carolina became a royal colony in 1719. During the American Revolutionary War, South Carolina was the site of major activity among the American colonies ...
4 days ago · Charleston was founded in 1670 as Charles Town, honoring King Charles II, at Albemarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River (now Charles Towne Landing) but relocated in 1680 to its present site, which became the fifth-largest city in North America within ten years. It remained unincorporated throughout the colonial period; its government was handled directly by a colonial legislature and ...
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4 days ago · In 1812, the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, based in Charleston, sent Reverend Fowler to Columbia to establish a mission. The diocese wanted to ensure an Episcopal presence in the state’s new capital, founded shortly after the Revolutionary War.
1 day ago · The Thirteen Colonies in their traditional groupings were: the New England Colonies ( New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut ); the Middle Colonies ( New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware ); and the Southern Colonies ( Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia ). [2] These colonies were part of British America, which also included territory ...
5 days ago · The National Society of the Dames of the Court of Honor is an organization of women not less than sixteen (16) years of age who can trace direct lineal descent from a Commissioned Officer of any one or more of the earlier American Wars between the years 1607 through 1865 or from a Colonial Governor, during the period 1607-1775.
