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Most Native Americans survived be hunting, fishing, and farming. South Caroilna's Native societies included Westo, Catawba, Cherokee, and Yamassee
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Three ships left England with ninety-two brave settlers. Storms tossed the ships and many settlers got seasick.
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In western South Carolina, troops faced british advances. American troops pushed Britan toward the coast. The british signed a peace treaty and South Carolina became the 8th state.
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Eli Whitney invented a cotton gin, a machine that seperates the fibers from the seeds of cotton. Cotton soon overtook indigo and rice becoming South Carolina's major crop.
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After South Carolina suceeded, other states joined and formed the Conferderate States of America and chose Jefferson Davis for their president.
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Conferderate troops fired on Union troops at Fort Sumter in the Charleston Harbor. The shots announced the beginning of the Civil War.
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Boll Weevils destroy the cotton industry. The Boll Weevils would lay eggs in the plant and their larvea grew by eating the cotton inside of the boll.
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The hurricane hit hard at the Central Coast of South Carolina. It killed 18 people and caused $5 billion in property damage.
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5.000 textile companies were finished because people moved their plants to countries such as China, Taiwan, and Mexico.
