The beginning is about the house’s original owner, Paul de St. Julien’s family, and their French Huguenot origins. They moved to Charleston, S.C. to escape religious and political persecution, when King Louis XIV overturned the Edict of Nantes. Tim Drake, a Ravenel family descendant, talks about who the French Huguenots were, and how the Huguenot movement first got started in France.
The beginning is about the house’s original owner, Paul de St. Julien’s family, and their French Huguenot origins. They moved to Charleston, S.C. to escape religious and political persecution, when King Louis XIV overturned the Edict of Nantes. Tim Drake, a Ravenel family descendant, talks about who the French Huguenots were, and how the Huguenot movement first got started in France.
Standards
- This indicator was written to promote inquiry into the unique development of ethnic, political, and religious identities in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies.
- 8.1.E Utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to examine multiple perspectives and influences of the economic, political, and social effects of South Carolina’s settlement and colonization on the development of various forms of government across the colonies.
- 3.5.1.HS Investigate and explain the economic, social, and political motivations behind human exploration of Earth.
- 4.1.E Analyze multiple perspectives on the economic, political, and social developments of British North America and South Carolina.
