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Colonial South Carolina

Province of South Carolina
Colony of Great Britain
1712–1776


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Capital Charles Towne
Languages English, Catawba, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Muscogee, Yuchi, Shawnee
Government Constitutional monarchy
Legislature Commons House of Assembly
Historical era Colonial Era
 •  Established 1712
 •  Independence 1776
Currency Pound sterling
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Province of Carolina
State of South Carolina
Today part of  United States


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The Province of South Carolina (also known as the South Carolina Colony) was originally part of the Province of Carolina in British America, which was chartered by eight Lords Proprietor in 1663. The province later became the U.S. state of South Carolina.

The Carolinas were named for King Charles II of England. Derived from Latin Carolus, the colony was originally "Carolana," the spelling eventually changed to "Carolina." [Note that Carolana was also the name of a failed settlement plan in the late 1690s.] Charles Towne was the first settlement, established in 1670.

Charles II had given the land to a group of eight nobles called the Lords Proprietors; they planned for a Protestant Christian colony. Originally a single proprietary colony, the northern and southern sections grew apart over time, due partly to neglect by the (individual) legal heirs of the original Lords Proprietor. Dissent over governance of the province led to the appointment of a deputy governor to administer the northern half of the Carolina colony in 1691. The division of the Carolina Province into North Carolina and South Carolina became complete in 1712.


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