Province of South Carolina

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colony
former colony
historical political entity
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Province of Georgia
Province of North Carolina
capital Charleston
surface form: 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 Colonial America
surface form: British America

North America
American South (colonial and early national periods)
surface form: Southern Colonies
majorCrops indigo
rice
modernTerritoryIncludes South Carolina
surface form: State of South Carolina
monarchDuringRoyalColony George I of Great Britain
George II of Great Britain
George III of the United Kingdom
surface form: George III of Great Britain
namedAfter Charles I of England
surface form: King Charles I of England
partOf Province of North Carolina
surface form: Province of Carolina

Thirteen Colonies
playedRoleIn economic life of the southern colonies
political life of the southern colonies
precededBy Province of North Carolina
surface form: Province of Carolina
religion Anglicanism
replacedBy South Carolina
surface form: 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

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Thirteen Colonies hasPart Province of South Carolina
Province of North Carolina splitFrom Province of South Carolina
this entity surface form: Province of Carolina
Province of North Carolina borderedBy Province of South Carolina
British colonial authorities exercisedPowerIn Province of South Carolina
Loyalist militias location Province of South Carolina
Province of Georgia borderedBy Province of South Carolina
Francis Marion placeOfBirth Province of South Carolina
Yamasee War location Province of South Carolina
Yamasee War opponent Province of South Carolina
United Colonies hasPart Province of South Carolina
South Carolina pound country Province of South Carolina
South Carolina pound usedIn Province of South Carolina
South Carolina pound currencyOf Province of South Carolina
Stono Rebellion colony Province of South Carolina
Commons House of Assembly country Province of South Carolina
Commons House of Assembly legislativeChamberOf Province of South Carolina
Commons House of Assembly appliesToJurisdiction Province of South Carolina
Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina locatedIn Province of South Carolina
Province of Carolina dividedInto Province of South Carolina
Province of Carolina successor Province of South Carolina
Charleston Tea Party hasLocation Province of South Carolina
Battle of Fort Mose (1740) opponentOf Province of South Carolina
this entity surface form: British colony of South Carolina
South Carolina militia allegiance Province of South Carolina
Colonel John Barnwell placeOfActivity Province of South Carolina
Sarah Amory residence Province of South Carolina
Sarah Amory placeOfActivity Province of South Carolina
Sarah Amory placeOfActivity Province of South Carolina
subject surface form: Henry Middleton
Mary Williams placeOfActivity Province of South Carolina
Yamasee conflictWith Province of South Carolina
South Carolina Provincial Congress country Province of South Carolina
Ninety Six District, South Carolina locatedInTime Province of South Carolina
Eleanor Ball Laurens countryOfCitizenship Province of South Carolina
Eleanor Ball Laurens placeOfActivity Province of South Carolina
South Carolina colonial legislature legislativeBody Province of South Carolina
Jemmy placeOfEnslavement Province of South Carolina
Jemmy placeOfActivity Province of South Carolina
Cato country Province of South Carolina
South Carolina Negro Act of 1740 country Province of South Carolina
South Carolina Negro Act of 1740 jurisdiction Province of South Carolina
South Carolina Council country Province of South Carolina
South Carolina Council jurisdiction Province of South Carolina
William Moultrie placeOfBirth Province of South Carolina
Stono River locatedInFormerEntity Province of South Carolina
Izard family politicalInfluenceIn Province of South Carolina
Colleton family regionOfActivity Province of South Carolina
Screven family activeIn Province of South Carolina
Godfrey family country Province of South Carolina