South Carolina State History

The Yamasee was a conflict between British settlers of colonial South Carolina and Native Americans. It was a battle in Easterm South Carlolina. Hundreds of colonists and settlements were destroyed.

The Stono Rebellion was a slave rebellion in the colony of South Carolina. It recruited 60 slaves and killed 22-25 whites. This took place on September 9, 1739.

The war was fought between British America and New France.

The Cherokee War was part of the western revolution.

The sugar act was when the British placed taxes on wine, sugar and many other products.

Designated for two groups, one in South Carolina, the other in North Carolina, that tried to effect governmental changes.

The sons of liberty were American Parriots that organize pre independence North American British Colonies. They are most famous for undertaking the Boston Tea Party.

The Stamp act imposed a direct tax by the British Parliment specifically on the colonies of North America

The Denmark Vesey Plan was a African- Carribean most famous for planning a slave rebellion in the United States.

The Tea Act was one of the several measures that lead up the the Ameican Revoluonary War.

The revolutonary war was known as the American war of independence in the United States and gradually spread to a world war.

The Declaration of Independence was a document that said the thirteen colonies are now independent and no longer part of the British Empire.

The current constitution took effect on December 4, 1895. South Carolina has had six other constitutions.

The Articles of Confederation was a agreement between 13 states established by the United States.

The battle of Cadmen was a victory for the British in the South during the Revolutionary War.

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

The Battle of Cowpens was a victory for the Contental Army Forces.

The Battle of the Eutaw Springs was the last major battle of the Carolina's, during the Revoluonary War.

The 3/5 Compromise was a compromise between northern and southern states and reached the Pheledelphia state convention in 1787.

An agreement during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 protecting the interests of slaveholders by forbidding Congress the power to tax.

The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America.

The Great Compromise. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention came from different backgrounds and held different political views.

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose.

A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds.

The division of the land into smaller units under private ownership became known as the plantation system.

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

The War of 1812 was a 32 mounts between the United Sates and British Empire.

William was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Civil War.

The Nullification Crisis was a sectional crisis during the presidency
of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification.

The Abolitionist Movement was the immediate emancipation of all the slaves and the end to racial discrimination and segregation.

Robert Smalls was an enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War, became a ship's pilot.

Total war is a war in which a belligerent engages in the complete mobilization of fully available resources and population.

Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It opened new lands for settlement and repealed the Missouri Compromise.

Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom in 1847. Ten years later, after a decade of appeals and court reversals, his case was finally brought.

The United States presidential election of 1860 was the 19th quadrennial presidential election. The election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860. Abraham Lincoln won this election.

Secession 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 was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865. The result was reconstruction and slavery was abolished.

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

Fort Sumter is a fort located in Charelston Heabir, South Carolina. The first battle of the civil war took place their on April 12 & 13, 1861.

John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington.