Province of South Carolina

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Province_of_South_Carolina
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:abolishedSlavery never (as a colony)
gptkbp:area about 32,020 square miles
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Province_of_Georgia
gptkb:Province_of_North_Carolina
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Charleston
gptkbp:colonialStatus Royal colony
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Kingdom_of_England
gptkb:Kingdom_of_Great_Britain
gptkbp:currency Pound sterling
gptkbp:dateBecameProprietaryColony 1712
gptkbp:dateBecameRoyalColony 1719
gptkbp:disbanded 1776
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:established 1712
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_South_Carolina_(pre-1776)
gptkbp:formerStatus Proprietary colony
gptkbp:governor gptkb:James_Glen
gptkb:Lord_Charles_Greville_Montagu
gptkb:William_Bull
gptkb:John_Rutledge
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Province of South Carolina
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Commons_House_of_Assembly
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:British_America
gptkbp:mainExports gptkb:rice
indigo
naval stores
gptkbp:mainImports manufactured goods
right
enslaved Africans
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:South_Carolina_Militia
gptkb:South_Carolina_Provincial_Regiment
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:King_Charles_I_of_England
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Charleston_Statehouse
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkb:Siege_of_Charleston_(1780)
gptkb:Yamasee_War
gptkb:Stono_Rebellion
gptkbp:notableFor Charleston Harbor
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Thomas_Lynch_Jr.
gptkb:Christopher_Gadsden
gptkb:John_Rutledge
gptkb:Henry_Laurens
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
gptkbp:population about 124,244 (1775 estimate)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Province_of_Carolina
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:successor gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5