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History of South Carolina
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/History_of_South_Carolina
GPTKB entity
Statements (38)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
history of a U.S. state
gptkbp:becameStateOf
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:colonizedBy
gptkb:England
gptkbp:dateOfStatehood
May 23, 1788
gptkbp:firstEuropeanSettlement
gptkb:Charles_Town_(Charleston)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
History of South Carolina
gptkbp:includesEvent
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:American_Revolution_(1775–1783)
gptkb:Civil_War_(1861–1865)
gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws_era
gptkb:Reconstruction_Era_(1865–1877)
gptkb:Yamasee_War_(1715–1717)
gptkb:Hurricane_Hugo_(1989)
Colonization by English settlers in 1670
Secession from the Union (1860)
gptkbp:notableFor
gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Sumter
gptkb:Gullah_culture
gptkb:Charleston_earthquake_(1886)
gptkb:Orangeburg_Massacre_(1968)
gptkb:Stono_Rebellion_(1739)
gptkb:Hurricane_Hugo_(1989)
African American history
Tourism
slave trade
plantation economy
Civil Rights activism
agricultural economy
Boeing and BMW industrial investment
Charleston as a major port
first state to secede from the Union
major role in American Revolution
major role in Civil War
rice and indigo production
textile industry development
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Province_of_Carolina
gptkbp:subjectOf
gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:David_Ramsay
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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