This document discusses the early history and government of South Carolina from its founding as a colony through statehood. It covers the establishment of South Carolina as a separate colony from North Carolina in 1729, its early economy based on rice and trade, and the colonial government structure with a royal governor. It then discusses South Carolina's role in the American Revolution, key battles that took place there, and its transition to statehood after the war. Finally, it summarizes the creation of the new state capital in Columbia and South Carolina's ratification of the US Constitution.

1. From Colony to State
CREATED BY MELISSA SUTTON
THIRD GRADE
2010 – 2011

2. The Birth of the Colonies
CHAPTER FIVE

3. Lesson 1: Colonial South Carolina
 Southern Colonies:
 Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
 Carolina became two separate colonies in 1729. Why?
 In 1732 the southern part of South Carolina became
Georgia. Why?
 The colonists wanted South Carolina to become a royal
colony. Why?
 Rice became an important EXPORT, or good that is
produced in one country and shipped to another.
 Many people settled near swamps to grow rice.
 Many IMMIGRANTS, people who come to live in a new
country, settled in the Up Country and trade became an
important industry.

4. Lesson 2: Early South Carolina Government
 Regulators – settlers that wanted to control the Up Country
 Colonial Government:
 South Carolina was ruled by a royal governor chosen by the King
 Royal council advised royal governor
 Local – Commons House of Assembly
 Protected freedoms and property of the citizens
 Ran the courts and decided matter about road construction
 The King of England gave final approval of any new laws
 Great Britain made colonists pay a TAX, or money collected by a
government from its citizens to pay for expenses, on certain
goods.
 Stamp Act – a law that said colonists must buy special stamps to
put on all newspapers, books, and documents.
 Why did this make the colonists angry?

5. Lesson 2: Early South Carolina Government
 After the Stamp Act, Great Britain place a tax on tea.
Colonists boycotted tea. A BOYCOTT is a protest in
which people refuse to use certain goods.
 Boston Tea Party and Charles Town reaction
 First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, PA
in 1774. A temporary state CONSTITUTION, or a
series of laws that govern a nation, state, or group,
was created.
 The General Assembly was created so the colonists
would have a voice in making their own laws.

6. Revolution and Statehood
CHAPTER SIX

7. Lesson 1: The American Revolution
 Passing of Intolerable Acts:
 Laws that punished Massachusetts colony for protesting the
tea tax
 South Carolina helped Boston by sending them supplies
 South Carolina boycotted British goods
 In 1775 fighting began between colonists and British
and the Revolutionary War began.
 PATRIOTS, colonists against British rule, fought
LOYALISTS, colonists supporting British rule, in the
Battle of Ninety-Six; the Patriots won.

8. Lesson 1: The American Revolution
Patriot or Loyalist? Patriot or Loyalist?

9. Lesson 1: The American Revolution
 A battle took place on Sullivan’s Island where
American troops, led by William Moultrie, defeated
the British.
 Declaration of Independence:
 This DECLARATION, or statement, stated that the colonies
wanted their independence from Great Britain. They wanted
to form a new and separate nation called the United States of
America.
 Francis Marion: “Swamp Fox”
 Led a group of volunteer soldiers to attack the British and
disappear into the swamps

10. Lesson 2: From Colony to State
 Parts of South Carolina were destroyed during the
Revolutionary War.
 People still settled in South Carolina after the war.
 Charles Town became Charleston in 1783.
 Up Country vs. Low Country
 Up Country wanted the capital to move to a more central
location; Low Country wanted it to stay
 Columbia was born in 1786 when the government
moved the capital to the Midlands along the
Congaree River.

11. Lesson 2: From Colony to State
 United States Constitution
 Written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, PA in 1787
 Some South Carolinians did not want to RATIFY, or approve, the
U.S. Constitution because they wanted each state to have more
power.
 Stated that enslaved Africans could not be brought to the U.S. after
1808
 South Carolina ratified the U.S. Constitution in 1788
 South Carolina wrote a new constitution
 Served not just the Low Country like the old constitution but also the
Up Country
 Gave all men the right to vote, not just land owners