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  2. Colonial period of South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The Yamasee Indians: From Florida to South Carolina (2018) Clarke, Erskine. Our Southern Zion: A History of Calvinism in the South Carolina Low Country, 1690-1990; Coclanis, Peter A., "Global Perspectives on the Early Economic History of South Carolina," South Carolina Historical Magazine, 106 (April–July 2005), 130–46. Crane, Verner W.

  3. History of South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Cusabo - Wikipedia

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    n 1526, Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón's party visited this area and recorded some names. The English colony of South Carolina was founded in the midst of Cusabo land, and the loose group of tribes became closely tied to the colony. In the first decade after the founding of Charles Town in 1670, there was conflict and warfare between some of the ...

  5. Southern Colonies - Wikipedia

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    The British colony of Georgia was founded by ... (as a British colony after 1707 [12]). The name ... Economic Life and Death in the South Carolina Low Country, ...

  6. Province of Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The Province of Carolina was a province of the Kingdom of England (1663–1707) and later the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1712) that existed in North America and the Caribbean from 1663 until the Carolinas were partitioned into North and South in 1712. The North American Carolina province consisted of all or parts of present-day Alabama ...

  7. South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The College of Charleston, founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785, is the oldest institution of higher learning in South Carolina, the 13th oldest in the United States, and the first municipal college in the country.

  8. Province of South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The Province of Carolina before and after the split into north and south. Charles Town was the first settlement, established in 1670. [3] [4] King Charles II had given the land to a group of eight nobles called the lords proprietor; they planned for a Christian colony.

  9. List of colonial governors of South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    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]