Charles Cotesworth Pinckney | S.C. Hall of Fame

5-minute historical visualization of the biography of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney who is an example of the enormous contribution South Carolinians made to the formation of the government of the United States and our way of life, told through the accounts of researchers and historians.

Standards

• 4.2.P Analyze the sequence of events that led to the establishment of the U.S. as a democratic republic.
• 4.2.CX Contextualize South Carolina’s role in the development of the new nation.
• 4.2.E Analyze multiple perspectives on the economic, political, and social developments of the new nation.
• 8.2.CE Explain the economic, political, and social factors surrounding the American Revolution.
• This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into how the colonies began to unify to create a distinctive American identity over the course of events of the American Revolution.
• 8.2.CX Contextualize the roles of various groups of South Carolinians as the colonies moved toward becoming an independent nation.
• This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the motivations of colonists during the American Revolution and the progression of conflict and failed compromise that ultimately led to revolution.
• 8.3.CO Compare the debates between South Carolina and the federal government regarding slavery, federalism, and the Constitution.
• This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the debates, heightened by Westward Expansion, over federal and state power concerning slavery, and the government's role in protecting and securing natural rights.

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