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Standard 8.2.CO

8.2.CO Compare the motives and demographics of loyalists and patriots within South Carolina and the colonies.

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Pickens, Marion, Sumter, Part 3 | Palmetto Heritage

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Thomas Sumter was determined to drive the British out from South Carolina. “The Fighting Gamecock” earned his moniker due to his tenacity in battle. A band of British assassins attempted to sneak into...

Pickens, Marion, Sumter, Part 1 | Palmetto Heritage

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Hosts Ellen Rodillo-Fowler and Nathan Dawson guide viewers through this edition of Palmetto Heritage, which spotlights three significant South Carolina figures: Thomas Sumter (The Fighting Gamecock)...

Pickens, Marion, Sumter, Part 2 | Palmetto Heritage

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

While the British tangled with Andrew Pickens in South Carolina’s upstate, Francis Marion’s patriots fought the British in the Pee Dee region. Marion was known as “The Swamp Fox” due to his effective...

The Charleston Tea Party, 1774 | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8

Following the Tea Act of 1773 many colonial citizens refused to pay the duty and boycotted British tea This program deals with actions taken by some citizens of Charleston in November and December...

SC Veterans in History, Part 3

Episode 3

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

The importance of black Patriots in the American Revolution is discussed. In addition to black Patriots, there were a number of South Carolina women who served as heroes during the American Revolution...

SC Veterans in History, Part 2

Episode 2

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

During the Revolutionary War, more battles occurred in South Carolina than anywhere in the Union. In September 1781, the Battle of Eutaw Springs was the last engagement of the Revolutionary Wat.in the...

General Francis Marion, a.k.a. "Swamp Fox" | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 9

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Grades: 4 8

General Francis Marion inviting a British officer to share his meal. With the British in charge of the city of Charleston, the war in South Carolina became one of guerilla warfare, with the British...

The Constitution of 1776 | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 3

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Grades: 4 8

The Constitution of 1776. Even before the Declaration of Independence was written, members of the Continental Congress recognized that, because the English officials had fled from Massachusetts and...

Stamp Tax Outrage | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 15

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Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

The wealth of centers like Charleston helped prepare the way for the dissatisfactions against British rule that finally resulted in the Revolution. A wealthy elite, with connections through trade to...

Oconee Station | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 13

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Grades: 4 8

Oconee Station (also labeled Salem Blockhouse, north of Walhalla). Made of local field stone, this was one of a series of fortifications built for protection against the Native Americans in the...

Cherokee Alphabet | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 12

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Grades: 4 8

The title page and first page of hymns, "Cherokee Hymnbook," printed in Philadelphia, for the American Baptists Publication Society around 1820. The Cherokee were a highly organized society, and early...

Tearcoat Swamp | Eye on the Past

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Brief history of the Revolutionary War Battle at Tearcoat Swamp, in 1780, near Sumter, S.C.

Battle of King's Mountain | Palmetto Heritage

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Grades: 4 8

In this program, Lord Cornwallis has ordered Major Patrick Ferguson, a Scotsman, to form the Loyalists into a strong royal militia. In late September 1780, Ferguson took up post near present day...

Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8

Francis Marion was involved in a number of skirmishes that caught the enemy off guard, forced them to reckon with him, thus allowing other patriot forces to conduct their missions with greater success...

S.C. Revolutionary War Leaders | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8

MARION, SUMTER, PICKENS Thomas Sumter, the "Gamecock," Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox," and Andrew Pickens, the "Wizard Owl" are perhaps the best known of South Carolina's Revolutionary War leaders...

Swamp Fox | Pee Dee Explorer

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Grades: 6 7 8

Francis Marion served in the American Revolutionary War. Known as the Swamp Fox, he is considered one of the fathers of modern guerrilla warfare due to his "surprise attack" strategies that often took...

Thomas Lynch Sr. | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 8

Thomas Lynch Sr. (1727-1776) was a rice planter on the Santee River. One of his houses, Hopsewee, was built in 1749. Lynch attended St. James Santee Church and was a member of the Winyah Indigo...

Grace and Rachel Martin

Episode 1

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Grades: 4 8

Grace and Rachel Martin, Part 1 - Vital Information Revealed The Martins compliment the soldier until he reveals the information he is carrying, which proves to be very vital information.