Charleston Tour Guide
Lords proprietors name all 8 - *answers *Craven, William Berkeley, John Berkeley,
Colleton, Carteret, Monk, Ashley Cooper, Hyde
Ashley river named? - *answers *Kiawah River
Cooper River named? - *answers *Wando
First carolinian - *answers *Henry Woodward
Captain of first expedition to Carolina - *answers *Joseph West
Settlement moved in what year to where? - *answers *1680/oyster point
List the 5 churches established by 1700 - *answers *St. Phillips (1680)/French
Huguenot (1680)/Quaker (1681)/Independent(1681)/Anabaptist (1682)
Gov. Nathaniel Johnson - *answers *The wall was built under his administration
The wall built when and completely down by when?? - *answers *1704 down by 1751.
Tear down begins in 1717.
Vauban - *answers *Designed the wall based on those in Europe.
Edward Crisp - *answers *Wall is shown on his map in 1704
Name the 4 bastions of the walled city - *answers *NW Carteret (Cumberland/Meeting)
NE Craven (Cumberland/East Bay)
SE Granville (East Bay at Omar Temple)
SW Colleton (at First Scots Presbyterian)
3 walled cities in America - *answers *Charles Towne, Quebec, St. Augustine
Proprietary government lasted from when to when? - *answers *1670-1719
1663 - *answers *Charles II grants land to 8 noblemen
1670 - *answers *Carolina arrives Charles Towne
1680 - *answers *Settlement moved to Oyster Point (peninsula)
1704 - *answers *Crisp map depicting wall
1717 - *answers *Yemasee Indians are defeated and citizens begin to tear down the
wall.
,Charleston Tour Guide
1718 - *answers *Pirate Stede Bonnet captured by Col. William Rhett and hanged at
White Point Gardens
Royal government lasted from when to when?? - *answers *1719-1776
1719 - *answers *King Charles II takes back over the colony appoints William Bull the
Lt. Gov
William Bull - *answers *Appointed Lt. gov by King Charles II in 1719
1729 - *answers *North and South Carolina split
1751 - *answers *Wall is down
1766 - *answers *Christopher Gadsden advocates for independence
Liberty Tree - *answers *The place where he Christopher Gadsden advocated for
independence/ 80 Alexander street in Mazyck's pasture
1773- 3 charleston firsts - *answers *Chamber of commerce/science museum/natural
history museum
1774 (dec 3) - *answers *Charleston has its on tea party. Tea hidden in basement of
old exchange building
1776 (Jun 28) - *answers *Gen. William Moultrie defended partially built palmetto log
fort from Sir Peter Parker's naval forces and Sir Henry Clinton's land forces at Isle of
Palms. Called Carolina Day
1776 (March 26) - *answers *SC declares independence from Great Britain
Name the 6 people who were imprisoned by the British at Provost Dungeon - *answers
*Gadsden, Heyward, Hugh Rutledge, Edward Rutledge, Hayne (hanged), Timothy
(editor of paper)
1780 (may 13) - *answers *Charles Towne evacuated to British
1782 (dec 14) - *answers *Lord Cornwallis took over Miles Brewton House as British
HQ. 500 barrels full of silver and St. Michael's bells shipped taken back to England
1783 (Aug 13) - *answers *Charleston incorporated
1789 - *answers *Capital moved to Columbia
1791 - *answers *Pres George Washington visits Charleston for 2 weeks and stays at
Heyward-Washington house at 87 church street
, Charleston Tour Guide
1812 - *answers *War with Britain
1822 - *answers *Denmark Vesey leads attempted slave uprising
1825 - *answers *Lafayette returns for a visit
1860 (dec 20) - *answers *Ordinance of session signed
1860 (dec 26) - *answers *Major Robert Anderson moves federal garrison from Ft.
Moultrie to Ft. Sumter in the middle of the night
1861 (April 12) - *answers *Confederates attack Major Robert Anderson at Ft. Sumter
1861 (dec 11) - *answers *Last great fire in Charleston (1/6 of city destroyed)
1865 (feb 17-18) - *answers *Confederates evacuate Charleston and Columbia is
burned on Feb 17.
1865 (April 9) - *answers *Lee surrenders at Appomattox
1885 (Aug 25) - *answers *Great cyclone
1886 (Aug 31) - *answers *Earthquake
1970 - *answers *Tri-centennial of landing/founding of Charles Towne
1977 - *answers *Spoleto USA
1989 (sept 21) - *answers *Hurricane Hugo
State Bird - *answers *Carolina Wren
State Tree - *answers *Palmetto
State Flower - *answers *Yellow Jessamine
State Motto - *answers *Dum Spiro Spero (while I breathe, I hope)
Ansonborough boundaries - *answers *East Bay/Meeting/Calhoun/Pinckney
Ansonborough named for who? - *answers *George Anson who won it from Gadsden's
father in a card game.
Ansonborough facts? - *answers *1st suburb/site of 1838 fire/rebuilt in 1838-1848 and
a slum after civil war/restoration began in 1959.
Lords proprietors name all 8 - *answers *Craven, William Berkeley, John Berkeley,
Colleton, Carteret, Monk, Ashley Cooper, Hyde
Ashley river named? - *answers *Kiawah River
Cooper River named? - *answers *Wando
First carolinian - *answers *Henry Woodward
Captain of first expedition to Carolina - *answers *Joseph West
Settlement moved in what year to where? - *answers *1680/oyster point
List the 5 churches established by 1700 - *answers *St. Phillips (1680)/French
Huguenot (1680)/Quaker (1681)/Independent(1681)/Anabaptist (1682)
Gov. Nathaniel Johnson - *answers *The wall was built under his administration
The wall built when and completely down by when?? - *answers *1704 down by 1751.
Tear down begins in 1717.
Vauban - *answers *Designed the wall based on those in Europe.
Edward Crisp - *answers *Wall is shown on his map in 1704
Name the 4 bastions of the walled city - *answers *NW Carteret (Cumberland/Meeting)
NE Craven (Cumberland/East Bay)
SE Granville (East Bay at Omar Temple)
SW Colleton (at First Scots Presbyterian)
3 walled cities in America - *answers *Charles Towne, Quebec, St. Augustine
Proprietary government lasted from when to when? - *answers *1670-1719
1663 - *answers *Charles II grants land to 8 noblemen
1670 - *answers *Carolina arrives Charles Towne
1680 - *answers *Settlement moved to Oyster Point (peninsula)
1704 - *answers *Crisp map depicting wall
1717 - *answers *Yemasee Indians are defeated and citizens begin to tear down the
wall.
,Charleston Tour Guide
1718 - *answers *Pirate Stede Bonnet captured by Col. William Rhett and hanged at
White Point Gardens
Royal government lasted from when to when?? - *answers *1719-1776
1719 - *answers *King Charles II takes back over the colony appoints William Bull the
Lt. Gov
William Bull - *answers *Appointed Lt. gov by King Charles II in 1719
1729 - *answers *North and South Carolina split
1751 - *answers *Wall is down
1766 - *answers *Christopher Gadsden advocates for independence
Liberty Tree - *answers *The place where he Christopher Gadsden advocated for
independence/ 80 Alexander street in Mazyck's pasture
1773- 3 charleston firsts - *answers *Chamber of commerce/science museum/natural
history museum
1774 (dec 3) - *answers *Charleston has its on tea party. Tea hidden in basement of
old exchange building
1776 (Jun 28) - *answers *Gen. William Moultrie defended partially built palmetto log
fort from Sir Peter Parker's naval forces and Sir Henry Clinton's land forces at Isle of
Palms. Called Carolina Day
1776 (March 26) - *answers *SC declares independence from Great Britain
Name the 6 people who were imprisoned by the British at Provost Dungeon - *answers
*Gadsden, Heyward, Hugh Rutledge, Edward Rutledge, Hayne (hanged), Timothy
(editor of paper)
1780 (may 13) - *answers *Charles Towne evacuated to British
1782 (dec 14) - *answers *Lord Cornwallis took over Miles Brewton House as British
HQ. 500 barrels full of silver and St. Michael's bells shipped taken back to England
1783 (Aug 13) - *answers *Charleston incorporated
1789 - *answers *Capital moved to Columbia
1791 - *answers *Pres George Washington visits Charleston for 2 weeks and stays at
Heyward-Washington house at 87 church street
, Charleston Tour Guide
1812 - *answers *War with Britain
1822 - *answers *Denmark Vesey leads attempted slave uprising
1825 - *answers *Lafayette returns for a visit
1860 (dec 20) - *answers *Ordinance of session signed
1860 (dec 26) - *answers *Major Robert Anderson moves federal garrison from Ft.
Moultrie to Ft. Sumter in the middle of the night
1861 (April 12) - *answers *Confederates attack Major Robert Anderson at Ft. Sumter
1861 (dec 11) - *answers *Last great fire in Charleston (1/6 of city destroyed)
1865 (feb 17-18) - *answers *Confederates evacuate Charleston and Columbia is
burned on Feb 17.
1865 (April 9) - *answers *Lee surrenders at Appomattox
1885 (Aug 25) - *answers *Great cyclone
1886 (Aug 31) - *answers *Earthquake
1970 - *answers *Tri-centennial of landing/founding of Charles Towne
1977 - *answers *Spoleto USA
1989 (sept 21) - *answers *Hurricane Hugo
State Bird - *answers *Carolina Wren
State Tree - *answers *Palmetto
State Flower - *answers *Yellow Jessamine
State Motto - *answers *Dum Spiro Spero (while I breathe, I hope)
Ansonborough boundaries - *answers *East Bay/Meeting/Calhoun/Pinckney
Ansonborough named for who? - *answers *George Anson who won it from Gadsden's
father in a card game.
Ansonborough facts? - *answers *1st suburb/site of 1838 fire/rebuilt in 1838-1848 and
a slum after civil war/restoration began in 1959.
