Province of South Carolina

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British colony former colony historical political entity

The Province of South Carolina was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of South Carolina and played a significant role in the economic and political life of the southern colonies.

Aliases (1)

Province of Carolina ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony → former colony → historical political entity →
borderedBy	Atlantic Ocean → Province of Georgia → Province of North Carolina →
capital	Charles Town → Charleston →
colonialStatusChanged	royal colony in 1719 →
colonizedBy	England →
continent	North America →
country	Kingdom of Great Britain →
currency	South Carolina pound →
dateAbolished	1776 →
dateEstablished	1712 → 1719 →
economyBasedOn	plantation agriculture →
followedBy	South Carolina →
governmentType	British colonial government → royal colony →
hadGovernor	royal governor →
hadLegislature	Commons House of Assembly →
importantPort	Charleston →
language	English →
locatedIn	British America → North America → Southern Colonies →
majorCrops	indigo → rice →
modernTerritoryIncludes	State of South Carolina →
monarchDuringRoyalColony	George I of Great Britain → George II of Great Britain → George III of Great Britain →
namedAfter	King Charles I of England →
partOf	Province of Carolina → Thirteen Colonies →
playedRoleIn	economic life of the southern colonies → political life of the southern colonies →
precededBy	Province of Carolina →
religion	Anglicanism →
replacedBy	State of South Carolina →
separatedFrom	Province of North Carolina →
significantEvent	American Revolutionary War → Regulator Movement → Stono Rebellion →
strategicRole	major British port in the southern colonies →
usedLaborSystem	chattel slavery → enslaved Africans →
yearOfStonoRebellion	1739 →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Province of Georgia → Province of North Carolina →	borderedBy
Commons House of Assembly → South Carolina pound →	country
Thirteen Colonies → United Colonies →	hasPart
Loyalist militias → Yamasee War →	location
Commons House of Assembly →	appliesToJurisdiction
Stono Rebellion →	colony
South Carolina pound →	currencyOf
Province of Carolina →	dividedInto
British colonial authorities →	exercisedPowerIn
Charleston Tea Party →	hasLocation
Commons House of Assembly →	legislativeChamberOf
Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina →	locatedIn
Commons House of Assembly →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Yamasee War →	opponent
Francis Marion →	placeOfBirth
Province of North Carolina ("Province of Carolina") →	splitFrom
Province of Carolina →	successor
South Carolina pound →	usedIn