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1620 - 1754. Learn key people involved in the colonial government, the proprietary regime, the period of royal government and South Carolina's Regulator Movement.
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King Charles II | History of SC Slide Collection

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King Charles II | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 37
Charles II (1630-1685) was the Stuart King of England, Scotland, and Ireland who awarded the province of South Carolina to the 8 Proprietors who settled a colony there. The name "Carolina" was adopted...
Sir George Carteret | History of SC Slide Collection

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Sir George Carteret | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 36
Sir George Carteret ( -1680) was one of the original eight Proprietors of the Carolinas. An advocate of the Stuart monarchs during the English Civil War of 1640-1660, he governed the Isle of Jersey as...
Anthony Ashley-Cooper | History of SC Slide Collection

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Anthony Ashley-Cooper | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 32
Anthony Ashley-Cooper (1621-1683), First Earl of Shaftesbury, was the leader of an influential group of men who, after serving in Parliament during the Puritan Civil War, became disillusioned with...
Proprietary Grant | History of SC Slide Collection

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Proprietary Grant | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 14
Although it was the Englishman Sir Francis Drake whose raids persuaded the Spanish to abandon Santa Elena and concentrate on defending St. Augustine in 1587, it was nearly a century before the English...
Purrysburg Cemetery | History of SC Slide Collection

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Purrysburg Cemetery | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 4
During the 1730s, to protect against Native American attack and slave uprising, the government made plans to establish eight townships in a semicircle about one hundred miles around Charles Town (see...
 The Regulators | Palmetto Special

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The Regulators | Palmetto Special
In this section, the "Palmetto Special" leaves Columbia and travels to Spartanburg County. At the beginning of the program the Fall Line is defined, along with an introduction to the backcountry, the...
 Charles Town | Palmetto Special

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Charles Town | Palmetto Special
A dramatic sequence is included in this wraparound. It is an analogy to the eight Lords Proprietors receiving the grant of Carolina from King Charles II. Five people gather for lunch to discuss a...