Charles Town was the first settlement, established in 1670.[3][4] King Charles II had given the land to a group of eight nobles called the
lords proprietor; they planned for a
Christian colony. Originally a single
proprietary colony, the northern and southern sections grew apart over time, due partly to neglect by the
legal heirs of the original lords proprietor. Dissent over the governance of the province led to the appointment of a
deputy governor to administer the northern half of the
Province of Carolina in 1691. The partition of the province into
North and South Carolina became complete in 1712.[5]
The
Yamasee War (1715–1717) ravaged the back-country of the province. Complaints that the proprietors had not done enough to protect the provincials against either the
Indians or the
neighboring Spanish, during
Queen Anne's War (1702–1713), convinced many residents of the necessity of ending proprietary rule.
A rebellion broke out against the proprietors in 1719. Acting on a petition of residents, King
George I appointed the governor of South Carolina later in that year (the governors of North Carolina would continue to be appointed by the lords proprietor until 1729). After nearly a decade in which the British monarchy sought to locate and buy out the lords, both North and South Carolina became
royal colonies in 1729.
^There was no authorized version of the national anthem as the words were a matter of tradition; only the first verse was usually sung.[1] No statute had been enacted designating "God Save the King" as the official anthem. In the English tradition, such laws are not necessary;
proclamation and usage are sufficient to make it the national anthem. "God Save the King" also served as the
Royal anthem for certain
royal colonies. The words King, he, him, hiswere replaced by Queen, she, her when the monarch was female.
References
^Berry, Ciara (January 15, 2016).
"National Anthem". The Royal Family.
Archived from the original on September 2, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
Coclanis, Peter A., "Global Perspectives on the Early Economic History of South Carolina," South Carolina Historical Magazine, 106 (April–July 2005), 130–46.
Edgar, Walter. South Carolina: A History, (1998) the standard scholarly history
Edgar, Walter, ed. The South Carolina Encyclopedia, (University of South Carolina Press, 2006)
ISBN1-57003-598-9, the most comprehensive scholarly guide
Feeser, Andrea. Red, White, and Black Make Blue: Indigo in the Fabric of Colonial South Carolina Life (University of Georgia Press; 2013) 140 pages; scholarly study explains how the plant's popularity as a dye bound together local and transatlantic communities, slave and free, in the 18th century.
24. Claimed in 1908; territory formed 1962; overlaps portions of Argentine and Chilean claims, borders not enforced but claim not renounced under the
Antarctic Treaty.