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The states of North Carolina and South Carolina are named after King Charles who was the king at the time that they were colonies.
Named after King Charles I. Charelston, SC Charles Town
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South Carolina was named South Carolina because of King Charles The Second. His name in Latin was Carolas. They changed it to Carolina. The original colony was the Carolinas. When the colony was to become a state, the southern part of the state had different political views that the northern most part so the colony was divided into 2 separate states, One North, One South. The same with the Dakotas.
1.)The state capital is Columbia 2.)South Carolina was named to honor King Charles I
Charleston was named after the king, King Charles II of England. The city is located the state South Carolina.
AnswerNorth Carolina was named to honor King Charles.well NC was called "The Land Of Charles" and it is north of south carolina so it is called North Carolina
North and South Carolina were named for King Charles (Carolus in Latin) I of England, who was beheaded in 1649.
South Carolina was named in honor of King Charles IIt was named after Charles the IX of France because he was respected so well .Its also known well for its Palmeto trees wich won the war for South Carolina by defending fort summet during the Revelutionary war . Cannons bounced right off the wall of the Palmeto trees and bounded back .South Carolina was founded in the south so they named it after Charles the IX and they put south in front of it .
it was named after King Charles II of England (charles in latin is Carolus)
King Charles I of England granted the region that is the present-day Carolinas to Sir Robert Heath in 1629. The region was named Carolus, a Latin form of Charles, in honor of King Charles. King Charles II, his son, changed the spelling to Carolina in 1663. The region of Carolina was eventually divided into South Carolina and North Carolina, and both became states in 1788.