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It was settled by 8 English Nobles with a Royal Charter from King Charles ll.
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First settlement was Charles Town but hen renamed in 1783. Carolina is name Carolina because Charles in Latin is Carolus.
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Seed rice arrived in Charleston as a gift from the sea caption whose ship is getting fixed.
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In the early 1700’s they started the tradition of basket making and have been past to generation to generation.
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South Carolina was part of North Carolina but separated in 1729.
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In 1730 African decent made up 2/3 of the population due to slavery.
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Charleston welcomed shipment of golf balls and clubs from Scotland in 1743.
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On September 2, 1786 the first golf course formed on Harelston Green.
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South Carolina became a state on May 23, 1788.
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South Carolina was the 8th state to ratify the U.S. constitution
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In February 1852, in Mc Cormick, William Burkhalter Dom discovered the 2ed richest vein of gold in South Carolina history.
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In 1856 the Stumphouse Mountain started and is in the city of Walhalla.
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The first shots of the Civil War happened on April 12, 1861 in Fort Sumter.
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South Carolina became the first state to secede (withdraw) from the Union.
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They captured Columbia on February 17, 1865. General William Toeoumseh Sherman burned and destroyed mare than 2/3 of the city.
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In 1867 the congress passed the Reconstruction Act, which allowed the black to vote.
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In 1869 Joseph Rainey became the first African American to become the U.S. Representative.
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Low country was hit by an earthquake with an estimated a 7.5 earthquake. 83 people were killed and the damage repair was 6 million dollars.
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The intro to tobacco started in South Carolina in 1894. Around then 200 tobacco barns came up.
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In Lake City, a tobacco market was established in 1898. One out of the two largest market in South Carolina .
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In Summerville is a place nicknamed “The Flower Town in the pines” Since the 1900’s a lot of people ego there in the early spring.
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The new state house was built in 1903 because of the war it was destroyed in 1865. Also because of the war they didn’t have the funding t build it right away.
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July 8, 1926 Duncan Park Baseball Stadium in Spartanburg is the oldest major league stadium in the nation.
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November 2, 1954 former governor Storm Thurmond became the 1st person to be elected to the U.S. Senate. He got a 63% vote
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Rivers High School in Charleston became the first racially integrated high school in South Carolina.
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Orangeburg Massacre at South Carolina State campus occurred. Three students were killed and 28 people were wounded.
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The State Legislative governed each country however the Home Rule at 1875 changed the system.
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The board of Public Work in Gaffney built an elevated water storage tank in the shape of a peach.
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In 2000 the Confederate Flag was removed from the dome on top of the state house and placed on the grounds near the Confederate Soldier Monument.
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The State’s Immigration laws challenged by 16 nations from Latin American and Caribbean was passed.
