The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. State of South Carolina:
The State of South Carolina is one of the 50 states of the United States of America. South Carolina borders the North Atlantic Ocean in the Southeastern United States.
King Charles II of England granted eight Lords Proprietor a charter for a Province of Carolina on March 24, 1663. In 1712, the Lords Proprietor split the Province of Carolina into the Province of South Carolina and the Province of North Carolina. In 1720, the Province of South Carolina was made a royal colony.
South Carolina signed the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The American states prevailed in the American War of Independence which concluded with the Treaty of Paris of 1783. South Carolina was the 8th of the original 13 states to approve the Constitution of the United States of America on May 23, 1788. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to attempt to secede from the United States. On February 8, 1861, South Carolina and five other slave states formed the Confederate States of America. The Confederate States surrendered to the United States on April 9, 1865. South Carolina was readmitted to the Union on July 9, 1868.
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