South Carolina history: Charles Town, rice and indigo, the Revolution, nullification, secession and Fort Sumter, Reconstruction, and civil rights.
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- When was Charles Town founded?
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1670- What blue dye crop was grown in colonial South Carolina?
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Indigo- What was South Carolina's primary colonial export crop?
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Rice- What labor system powered South Carolina's plantations?
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Slavery (enslaved labor)- Which Native American groups lived in colonial South Carolina?
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Catawba and Cherokee (also Yamasee)- What was the Yamasee War?
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A conflict between Yamasee Indians and English colonists- Who earned the nickname the Swamp Fox in the Revolution?
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Francis Marion- What general was called the Gamecock?
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Thomas Sumter- When was the Nullification Crisis in South Carolina?
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1832 to 1833- What did the doctrine of nullification claim?
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That states could reject federal laws they opposed- Who was South Carolina's leading nullification advocate?
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John C. Calhoun- What was the Tariff of Abominations?
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An 1828 tariff that South Carolina opposed- Who issued the Nullification Proclamation warning against secession?
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President Andrew Jackson- When did South Carolina secede from the Union?
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December 1860- Why was South Carolina's secession historically significant?
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It was the first state to secede from the Union
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