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67%
White
Ethnic Background
30%
African American
3%
Other
Population
43 Whites
19 African
American
Indian Tribes
18.97%
Baptist
Religion
4.14%
Catholic
0.22%
Jewish
GDP
Life in South Carolina
The colonist would work with pleasure whenever they could. An example would be when a newcomer arrived, the community would help build a barn or a house.
The woman and girls held quilting bees, and everyone enjoy spelling bees and singing.
Horse racing became popular in most all of the colonies during the late 1600's.
Geography
Tobacco
South Carolina grew plants such as:
Rice
Military & Government
Cotton
- Over 200 battles and skirmishes of the Revolutionary War were fought in South Carolina
Indigo
Major Historical Events
- The first decisive victory of the Revolutionary War involving land and naval forces won at Fort Moultrie, near Charleston.
- The first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter in the Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861
Culture
Parents dressed their children alike.
Colonial children played many of the games that the children of today play. Some examples would be hopscotch, leapfrog, London Bridge, hide and seek,
and blindman's bluff.
South Carolina 1663
Economy
- Charleston and Georgetown were two active ports
- Indigo, rice, honey (produced in South Carolina), cotton, peaches (important)
The only meat they traded were.....
- turkeys, beef cattle and calves, chicken eggs, and hogs