1. Province of Carolina
Capital: Charles Town
South Carolina
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2. •The Province of Carolina,
•originally chartered in 1629,
• was an English and later
British colony of North America.
•Because the original Heath
charter was unrealized and was
ruled invalid, a new charter was
issued to a group of eight
English noblemen, the Lords
Proprietors, on March 24, 1663
•Led informally by Anthony
Ashley-Cooper,1st Earl of
Shaftesbury,
•the Province of Carolina was
controlled from 1663 to 1729 by
these lords and their heirs.
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3. Colonial Carolina
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4. •In 1691, dissent over the governance of
the province led to the appointment of a
deputy governor to administer the
northern half of Carolina.
•The division between the northern and
southern governments became complete
in 1712, but both colonies remained in the
hands of the same group of proprietors.
•A rebellion against the proprietors broke
out in 1719 which led to the appointment
of a royal governor for South Carolina in
1720.
•After nearly a decade in which the
British government sought to locate and
buy out the proprietors, both North and
South Carolina became royal colonies in
1729.
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5. •Anthony Ashley Cooper,
1st Earl of Shaftesbury PC
•(22 July 1621 – 21 January 1683),
•known as Anthony Ashley Cooper
from 1621 to 1631,
•as Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper,
•2nd Baronet from 1631 to 1661,
•as The Lord Ashley from 1661 to 1672,
•was a prominent English politician
during the Interregnum and during the
reign of
King Charles II.
•A founder of the Whig party, he is also
remembered as the patron of John Locke.
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6. Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was king of England, Scotland, and
Ireland.
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7. "A New Description of Carolina", engraved by Francis Lamb (London, Tho. Basset and Richard Chiswell, 1676)
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8. •Following the 1660 restoration of the monarchy
•Charles II of England rewarded, on March 24,
1663
•eight men for their faithful support of his efforts to
regain the throne of England
•He granted the eight, called Lords Proprietors
• or simply Proprietors
•the land called Carolina
•which had been named in honor of Charles I, his
father
•(Carolus being the Latin version of the name
'Charles')
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9. 1663 Charter
•The 1663 charter, like the defunct Heath charter of 1629, granted the
territory extending from 310 to 360 degrees north latitude and from the
Atlantic Ocean to the “South Seas,” or “Pacific Ocean”.
•The northern boundary extended through Albemarle Sound, and
included the south shore.
•The north shore of Albemarle Sound had been settled in the 1650’s by
frontiersmen with land grants from Virginian authorities.
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10. Lords Proprietors
George
Edward Hyde, Anthony Ashley Cooper William Craven,
Monck, 1st 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
1st Earl of 1st Earl of Craven
Duke of
Clarendon
Albemarle
Vice Admiral John Berkeley, Sir John Colleton,
Sir George Carteret, Sir William Berkeley 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton 1st Baronet
1st Baronet
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12. • South Carolina is one of the 50 states in the United States
• It is located in the Southeast on the East Coast
• It was one of the original thirteen colonies
• The eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution in 1788
• South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union in 1860
•and form the Confederate States of America
• The capital is Columbia
• It is composed of four geographic areas
• The lower part of the state is the Coastal Plain, also known as the Lowcountry
• The Sandhills region is just west of the coastal plain
• The rolling hills of the Piedmont make up the third region
• The fourth is the Upstate region which contains the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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13. •Nickname: The Palmetto State
• Capital: Columbia
•State Officers
•Governor: Nikki Haley ( R )
• Lieutenant Governor: Ken Ard
•Secretary of State: Mark Hammond
• Attorney General: Alan Wilson
•Treasurer: Curtis M. Loftis, Jr.
•Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom
• State Superintendent of Education Mick Zais
•Commissioner of Agriculture Hugh E. Weathers
• Adjutant General Robert E. Livingston, Jr. Major General
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14. •Total area: 34,726 sq.mi
• Land: 30,128 sq.mi
•Water: 1,897 sq.mi
•Highest elevation: 3,560 ft (Sassafras Mountain, Pickens County )
•Population (2000 census) 4,012,012
•Date admitted to the Union: May 23, 1788
•Senators: Lindsey Graham (R)
•Jim DeMint (R)
•Representatives:
•Joe Wilson(R)
Tim Scott
•Jeff Duncan (R)
(R)
•Trey Gowdy (R)
• Mulvaney (R)
•Mick Clyburn (D)
•Jim
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15. Beaches
Myrtle Beach Hilton Head Folly Beach Sullivan’s Isle of
Beach Island Palms
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