South Carolina History Timeline

A Royal Colony was a subject to direct control of the king of England. The king of England named a governor to serve os the colony's chief.

South Carolina established its slave code in 1712, based on the 1688 English slave code employed in Barbados.

A conflict between British settlers of colonial South Carolina and various Native American Indian tribes, including the Yamasee, Muscogee, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Catawba, Apalachee, Apalachicola, Yuchi, Savannah River Shawnee, Congaree, Waxhaw, Pee Dee, Cape Fear, Cheraw, and others.

The Stono Rebellion was a slave rebellion that commenced on September 9 1739, in South Carolina. It was the largest slave uprising in the British colonies prior to the American Revolution.

The French and Indian war was fought between the British America and New France. Both sides were supported by military units from countries of Great Britian and France.

The the British won the war the Cherokee lost some of there land. The Cherokee war started in 1758 when Virginia attacked Moytoy.

The Sugar act was a law that attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies.

The sons of liberty was a group consisting of American Patriots. The group was formed to protect the rights of the colonists.

The Regulator Movement was a North and South Uprising.

A stamp act is any legislation that requires a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents.

Was an African-Caribbean most famous for planning a slave rebellion in the United States.

Was an act of Parlament of Great Britain. The act was passed by Parlament on May 10, 1773.

Began has a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies. It grew into a world war between Great Britain on one side and the United States, France, Netherlands, and Spain on the other sides.

It describes the function of South Carolina government.

The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states.

Was an agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states.

The battle of Camden was a major victory for the British.

The Americans won the Battle of Cowpens.

The Battle of Kings of Mountain was fought between the Patriots and the Loyalists. The Patriots won the battle of Kings Mountain.

The British won the Battle of Eutaw Springs.

The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise between Southern and Northern states.

Compromise between the Northern and Southern States during the Constitutional Convention.

The constitution is the supreme law. The first three Articles of the Constitution establish the rules and separate powers of the three branches.

Was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure.

The cotton gin is a machine that quickly separates cotton fibers from their seeds, a job that must be picked out by hand.

The cotton trade is when they would trade cotton.

The Embargo Act of 1807 was a general embargo by the United States Congress against Great Britain.

The War of 1812 was a 32 month military conflict between the United States and British Empire and their allies which resulted in no territorial change.

Was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author.

The abolitionist movement attempted to achieve all slaves and the ending of racial segregation.

Was a sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson.

Was an enslaved African American who during and after the American Civil War.

On this day in 1857, the United States Supreme Court issues a decision in the Dred Scott case.

Created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement.

Was the 19th quadrennial presidential election.

Is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity.

The American Civil War, also known as the War between the States or simply the Civil War, was a civil war was fought through 1861 to 1865.

The Confederate States of America was created in Southern slave states who refused to remain in a nation that believed was turning on them.

Was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina.

Is a war in which the complete of fully available resources and population.

Lincoln was shot by John Wilks Booth on April 14, 1865.