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  1. 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.

  2. May 21, 2021 · Humanities › History & Culture. Essential Facts About the South Carolina Colony. Hulton Archive / Getty Images. By. Martin Kelly. Updated on May 21, 2021. The South Carolina Colony was founded by the British in 1663 and was one of the 13 original colonies.

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  4. Nov 9, 2009 · Spanish explorer Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón visited South Carolina in the 16th century, while French explorer Jean Ribault established and subsequently abandoned the first European settlement in...

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  5. Timeline. State of South Carolina. United States portal. v. t. e. South Carolina was one of the Thirteen Colonies that first formed the United States. European exploration of the area began in April 1540 with the Hernando de Soto expedition, which unwittingly introduced diseases that decimated the local Native American population. [1] .

  6. Nov 11, 2023 · Home » Colonial America. South Carolina Colony Facts and History. Published: Jan 18, 2017 · Modified: Nov 11, 2023 by Russell Yost · This post may contain affiliate links ·. South Carolina Colony began in 1651 as the Carolina Colony and eventually split off in 1712.

  7. 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.

  8. Dec 14, 2022 · Biographies. A Brief History of South Carolina. One of the thirteen original colonies, South Carolina has had a rich and varied history. When Spanish and French explorers arrived in the area in the 16th century, they found a land inhabited by many small tribes of Native Americans, the largest of which were the Cherokees and the Catawbas.

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