Province of South Carolina facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Province of South Carolina
Province of Great Britain
← 1712–1776 →
British Red Ensign Royal coat of arms (1714–1776)
An orthographic projection of the world, highlighting South Carolina (green).
Capital city		Charlestown
Government		Constitutional monarchy
Monarch
-	1712–1714	Anne
-	1714–1727	George I
-	1727–1760	George II
-	1760–1776	George III
Governor
-	1712	Robert Gibbes (first)
-	1775–1776	Lord William Campbell (last)
Legislature		General Assembly
-	Upper house	Council
-	Lower house	Assembly
Historical era		Georgian era
-	Partition of Carolina	January 24,
-	Charter of Georgia	June 9, 1732
-	Declaration of Independence from Great Britain	July 4,
Today part of		United States Alabama Mississippi South Carolina

Province of South Carolina, originally known as Clarendon Province, was a province of Great Britain that existed in North America from 1712 to 1776. It was one of the five Southern colonies and one of the thirteen American colonies. The monarch of Great Britain was represented by the Governor of South Carolina, until the colonies declared independence on July 4, 1776.

History

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.

Lord Charles Montagu, St. Paul's Church (Halifax), Nova Scotia

The Yamasee War (1715–1717) ravaged the back-country of the colony. Complaints that the proprietors had not done enough to protect the colonists against either the Indians or the neighboring Spanish, during Queen Anne's War, convinced many residents of the necessity of ending proprietary rule. A rebellion broke out against the proprietors in 1719. Acting on a petition of the residents of the colony, the British government appointed a royal governor for South Carolina in 1720. (The governor of North Carolina would continue to be appointed by the Lords Proprietor until 1729.)

After nearly a decade in which the British government sought to locate and buy out the proprietors, both North Carolina and South Carolina became British royal colonies in 1729.

Lord Charles Montagu (1741-1784) was Royal Governor of the Province of South Carolina from 1766 to 1773 until he escaped to Nova Scotia as with fellow United Empire Loyalists.

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  The Province of Carolina before and after the split into north and south

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In Spanish: Provincia de Carolina del Sur para niños