Getting Things Started
My state is South Carolina and The reason I picked it was because it is my birth state. South Carolina has many cool things to it like being the golf capital of the world or that the trees cover two-thirds of the land, or even that their most valuable catch is shrimp. South Carolina is filled with interesting facts like being explored by the French, Spanish and English, the first State to leave the Union, and the first battle of the Civil War. South Carolina has many other interesting facts.
Import-ance
The first records of South Carolina were recorded in the early 1500’s when the Spanish explored the coast. Three years after the Spanish explored the French came rolling through. In 1526 Spanish settlers settled close to what is now the peak of the Peedee River at Winyah Bay. Later in 1562 French settlers came and established Charlesfort. In 1566 the Spanish came and built some coastal forts to discourage the French from …show more content…
South Carolinians feared that President Lincoln would use federal power to abolish slavery in the United States in Dec. 20 1860. By 1861 9 other states had seceded from the union those states were Mississippi, Alabama,Georgia,Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee. The began war on April 12 1861 when Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor. Along with Fort Sumter, fighting was going on all over South Carolina’s coast all throughout the war.
That’s a Wrap
One of the main reasoned I picked South Carolina is because it’s my birth state, and I didn’t know much about it. Besides that selfish reason I’ve learned so many things like the fact that it has no natural lakes or the Myrtle Beach is the self proclaimed golf capital. I’m proud to being part of a family that made a small but interest part of history. So from the Palmetto State thank
My state is South Carolina and The reason I picked it was because it is my birth state. South Carolina has many cool things to it like being the golf capital of the world or that the trees cover two-thirds of the land, or even that their most valuable catch is shrimp. South Carolina is filled with interesting facts like being explored by the French, Spanish and English, the first State to leave the Union, and the first battle of the Civil War. South Carolina has many other interesting facts.
Import-ance
The first records of South Carolina were recorded in the early 1500’s when the Spanish explored the coast. Three years after the Spanish explored the French came rolling through. In 1526 Spanish settlers settled close to what is now the peak of the Peedee River at Winyah Bay. Later in 1562 French settlers came and established Charlesfort. In 1566 the Spanish came and built some coastal forts to discourage the French from …show more content…
South Carolinians feared that President Lincoln would use federal power to abolish slavery in the United States in Dec. 20 1860. By 1861 9 other states had seceded from the union those states were Mississippi, Alabama,Georgia,Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee. The began war on April 12 1861 when Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor. Along with Fort Sumter, fighting was going on all over South Carolina’s coast all throughout the war.
That’s a Wrap
One of the main reasoned I picked South Carolina is because it’s my birth state, and I didn’t know much about it. Besides that selfish reason I’ve learned so many things like the fact that it has no natural lakes or the Myrtle Beach is the self proclaimed golf capital. I’m proud to being part of a family that made a small but interest part of history. So from the Palmetto State thank