Province of South Carolina

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Carolina (or North and South Carolina) borders between 1663 and 1776

The Province of South Carolina ( 1710 - 1776 ) was one of the Thirteen Colonies in North America , which in 1776 in the United States Declaration of Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain renounced.

history

The province of Carolina , named by Charles II of England after his father, was founded in 1663 and given to eight people (the so-called Lords Proprietor ) who helped him ascend the English throne. In fact, the administration for North Carolina and South Carolina was separated in 1710/12 . The two Carolinas only became their own royal colonies in 1729, when the Lords Proprietor sold their interests to the Crown.

South Carolina declared independence from Great Britain on March 15, 1776, and on February 5, 1778 became the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation , the first constitution of the United States. On May 23, 1788, South Carolina became the eighth state to become part of the United States of America.

The Governors of the Province of South Carolina

Between 1670 and 1776 the following persons held the office of governor of the colony and until about 1712 of the southern part of the province of Carolina:

  • William Sayle (March 15, 1670 - March 4, 1671)
  • Joseph West (March 4, 1671 - April 19, 1672), first term
  • John Yeamans (April 19, 1672 - August 1674)
  • Joseph West (August 13, 1674 - October 1682), second term
  • Joseph Morton (October 1682 - August 1684), first term
  • Richard Kyrle (August 1684)
  • Joseph West (August 30, 1684 - July 1, 1685), third term
  • Robert Quary (July 1685 - October 1685)
  • Joseph Morton (October 1685 - November 1686), second term
  • James Colleton (November 1686--1690)
  • Seth Sothel (1690-1692)
  • Philip Ludwell (April 11, 1692 - May 1693)
  • Thomas Smith (May 1693 - November 16, 1694)
  • Joseph Blake (November 1694 - August 17, 1695), first term
  • John Archdale (August 17, 1695 - October 29, 1696)
  • Joseph Blake (October 29, 1696 - September 7, 1700), second term
  • James Moore (September 11, 1700 - March 1703)
  • Nathaniel Johnson (March 1703 - November 26, 1709)
  • Edward Tynte (November 26, 1709 - June 26, 1710)
  • Robert Gibbes (June 1710 - March 19, 1712)
  • Charles Craven (March 19, 1712 - April 23, 1716)
  • Robert Daniell (April 25, 1716--1717)
  • Robert Johnson (1717 - December 21, 1719), first term
  • James Moore II (December 21, 1719 - May 30, 1721)
  • Francis Nicholson (May 30, 1721 - May 7, 1725), went to England in 1725,
  • Arthur Middleton (May 7, 1725 - December 15, 1730), acting
  • Robert Johnson (December 15, 1730 - May 3, 1735), second term
  • Thomas Broughton (May 3, 1735 - November 22, 1737), acting after Johnson's death
  • William Bull (November 22, 1737 - December 17, 1743), provisional after Broughton's death
  • Samuel Horsey, who was appointed in 1738, did not take office
  • James Glen (December 17, 1743 - June 1, 1756), appointed 1738 but did not arrive until 1743
  • William Lyttelton (June 1, 1756 - April 5, 1760)
  • Thomas Pownall , appointed in 1760, did not take office
  • William Bull II (April 5, 1760 - December 22, 1761), first term
  • Thomas Boone (December 22, 1761 - May 14, 1764)
  • William Bull II (May 1764 - June 1766), second term
  • Charles Montagu (June 12, 1766 - May 1768), first term
  • William Bull II (May 1768 - October 30, 1768), third term (acting)
  • Charles Montagu (October 30, 1768 - July 31, 1769), second term
  • William Bull II (July 31, 1769 - September 15, 1771), fourth term (acting)
  • Charles Montagu (September 15, 1771 - March 6, 1773), third term
  • William Bull II (March 6, 1773 - June 18, 1775), fifth term (acting)
  • William Campbell (June 18, 1775 - September 15, 1775), fled to England
  • Henry Laurens (1775-1776), as President of the South Carolina Security Committee

Until 1719 the governors were appointed by the Lord Proprietor or a council of colonists. Since 1719 the appointment was made by the British state government or the Board of Trade . For the list of governors of the US state of South Carolina see here .

literature

  • Dominik Nagl: No Part of the Mother Country, but Distinct Dominions - Legal Transfer, State Building and Governance in England, Massachusetts and South Carolina, 1630–1769. Lit, Berlin 2013, pp. 175–252 ( free digitized version from Scribd ).

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