Province of South Carolina

The Province of South Carolina was formally established on January 24, 1712, when the original Province of Carolina, whose first settlement at Charles Town dated to 1670, was partitioned by its lords proprietor into northern and southern provinces. South Carolina remained a proprietary colony until a 1719 rebellion against the proprietors prompted King George I to appoint a royal governor, formalized when the crown purchased the proprietors' interests in 1729. The colony's backcountry was devastated by the Yamasee War of 1715 to 1717. South Carolina's provincial government ended with the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, when it transitioned to statehood as part of the new United States. As a colony governed first by proprietors and then the crown, it is grouped here among Kingdoms and Principalities, the closest available classification for a monarchical dependency pending a dedicated colonial-provinces category.