Charles Pinckney Overview | Powder Magazine Museum

Dr. Walter Edgar, speaking from the steps of Snee Farm, Charles Pinckney's country estate, recounts to school children the public life and service of Charles Pinckney. Included in this discussion are brief descriptions of the public service of Pierce Butler, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, and John Rutledge. Most highlighted are the many and various ways Charles Pinckney served South Carolina and the nation for over 40 years of his adult life, and how Charles Pinckney's service came at a price of great personal sacrifice. See also http://www.powdermag.org/coloniallessons.php. Produced by Charleston County School District.

Standards

• 4.2.CE Examine the economic and political motivations for colonists to declare independence from Great Britain.
• 4.2.CX Contextualize South Carolina’s role in the development of the new nation.
• 4.2.E Analyze multiple perspectives on the economic, political, and social developments of the new nation.
• 8.2.P Analyze significant founding principles that led to the development of federalism in South Carolina and the United States.
• This indicator was designed to encourage inquiry into the development of the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and representative democracy.
• 8.3.CO Compare the debates between South Carolina and the federal government regarding slavery, federalism, and the Constitution.
• This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the debates, heightened by Westward Expansion, over federal and state power concerning slavery, and the government's role in protecting and securing natural rights.

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