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French soldier failed to make a settlement on pairs island.they abandoned it
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Stump-house Mountain tunnel was started by a railroad company. The tunnel was dug into Stump-house Mountain.
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Charleston was founded in 1660 at Alembert point.it became the economic and cultural center for the southern colonies.
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When the civil war started ll construction on Sump-house Mountain stopped.
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In 1861 South Carolina was the 1st to seceded from the Union.
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1st shots of civil war were fired.
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Carolina was founded in 1663 by English colonists.
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Charleston was abandons its original site (Alembert point) and moved to its present day site location.
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At the end of the Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman marched across SC destroying plantations
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Charleston became a refuge for Huguenots.
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In 1868 South Carolina re-joined the union.
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colonists overthrew the Proprietary Rule. they didn't like it.
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Carolina split into north and south Carolina.
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2/3 of South Carolina was African American, most were slaves. The other 1/3 was mixed.
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SC set up a new government(Royal Government) John Rutledge was elected president of the government.
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South Carolina was the 8th state to enter the union.
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On May 23, 1788 SC became the 8th state to adopt the U.S Constitution.
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The San-tee Canal opened in 1800, it had great successes. There were 8 other canals that were also finished in 1800.
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In 1804 South Carolina changed counties to districts.
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The white population exceeded the African american population for the first time since 1730.
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During 1861 Fort Sumter was bombardment, 6 cannon shots were fired.
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At the end of the Civil War all African Americans were given limited rights.
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in 1885 a category 3 hurricane devastated South Carolina.
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South Carolina rejected the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
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Hurricane Hazel hit Sc it was a category 4 with winds up to 140mph.
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Hurricane Grace devastated SC with winds up to 125mph, Grace was a category 3.
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Hugo hit SC in 1989, Hugo desrtoyed everything int its path with winds up to 149mph
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In 2014 SC was the 35th State to legalize Same Sex Marriage.
