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South Carolina was founded in 1584 by England.
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Colonists start living there but then have to go back because of harsh conditions.
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Sir Walter Raleigh goes to South Carolina and claims the land.
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John White and 150 men were sent and found the city of Raleigh.
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John White returns from England and all the settlers have disappeared. It is called the lost colony. The Lost Colony still remains a mystery.
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King Charles 1 of england granted the land for the colonists.
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The fundamental Constitution of Carolina was made and signed.
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Plantations start to appear and they will get bigger and bigger as the years go on.
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South Carolina separates from North Carolina during the revolution and becomes a royal colony.
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Africans start coming to South Carolina. They were slaves and worked on plantions.
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They signed a treaty for peace with the Choctaw Indians.
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Andrew Jackson the 7th president was born in Waxhaw South Carolina.
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The Declaration of Independence arrives in South Carolina for some people to sign.
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The first Golf Course was formed and many more were formed.
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The Union is specifically to the national government during the Civil War.
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South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union during the Civil War.
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The lake city tobacco market was esablished and over th eyears it will get bigger and bigger. Tobacco is a big part of the Southern Colonies
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The South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Expostion, a forerunner of the World's Fair. It attracts 700,000 people from around the nation to Hampton Park.
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Author Dubose Heyward writes tragic novel Porgy. Set in Cabbage row across from his house on Church Street changed to Catfish Row in the book.
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The Historic Charleston Foundation is established to oversee a revolving fund with which to purchase threatened historic properties, restore them, and sell them with protective covenants.
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Strom Thurmond became the first US senator elected by write-in vote. Thurmond received 139,106 write-in votes to win his seat.
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Italian composer Gian Carlo Menotti comes to Charleston at the instigation of Countess Alicia Paolozzi who owns a home in the city, and begins negotiations to make Charleston the American site of Menotti's Festival of Two Worlds, later called the Spoleto Festival.
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The first Spoleto Festival USA is held, and Charleston is designated the permanent American home for this "Festival of Two Worlds."
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100 year old Senator Strom Thurmond retires
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Hurricane Gaston caused major flooding; damaged structures.
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Nine fire fighters killed in furniture warehouse fire in Charleston.
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Legislation introduced mandating gold and silver to replace federal currency in the state.
