Feature on the Upcountry

• Lexington County Museum WebQuest
  Explore the John Fox Farm in Lexington, SC and find out more about life in the Back Country.
• Grace and Rachel Martin
  Find out how Grace and Rachel Martin helped the Patriots by dressing up as men.
• Walnut Grove Plantation
  This plantation in Spartanburg County was built in 1765.
  • Upstate Visit to Walnut Grove Plantation

People

Thomas Heyward, Jr. was a signer of the US Declaration of Independence from Charleston, SC.

• John C. Calhoun
  See a painting of John C. Calhoun that hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.
• Emily Geiger
  Emily Geiger risked her life by serving as a messenger for the Colonial army during the Revolutionary War.
• Henry Laurens
  Learn more about Henry Laurens, a statesman and planter from South Carolina.
• John Laurens
  The son of Henry Laurens, John Laurens advocated for slaves to win their freedom through military service.
• Francis Marion
  Francis Marion was called “the swamp fox” as he and his men would hide in the backwoods and swamps during the Revolutionary War.
• Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
  View a portrait of Charles Pinckney, a South Carolina lawyer and delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
• Thomas Sumter
  Thomas Sumter was a distinguished general in the Revolutionary War.

Places

Portrait of Henry Laurens by Lemuel Francis Abbott. Painted while Henry Laurens was imprisoned at the Tower of London. Portrait owned by the U.S. Senate.

• View of Mulberry, House and Street by Thomas Coram
  Explore the landscape paintings of Mulberry Plantation and create your own landscape art.
• Historic Brattonsville
  Take an online tour of Brattonsville, a Scots-Irish settlement in York County.
• The Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon
  This history of a Charleston government building tells stories of pirates, hangings, George Washington, and more.
• Drayton Hall
  Explore Drayton Hall with the interactive map, historic timeline, and images of the house and surroundings.
• Walnut Grove Plantation
  Find out more about this Back Country house in Spartanburg County.

Culture

• Seat of War in South Carolina, 1780
  This map of South Carolina shows the towns, rivers, and significant battle sites.
• Blacks in the Revolution
  Find out more about African-Americans who fought in the Revolutionary War.
• The Price of Freedom
  Click on War of Independence to watch a movie and see artifacts from the era such as George Washington’s Camp Cup.
• Liberty Song
  Listen to a clip of one of the first American “patriotic songs” to receive widespread acceptance. Published in the Pennsylvania Chronicle, July 4-11, 1768.

War & Battlefields

• SCIWAY-The American Revolution
  Need more information on battles, timelines, or people? Find it here.
• Fort Dorchester
  Watch this video to learn more about the remains of the fort on the Ashley River built around 1750.
• King's Mountain Battleground
  Take a walk around the field where the Battle of King’s Mountain took place in 1780.
  • Battle of King’s Mountain-An Eyewitness Account
  • The Overmountain Men and the Battle of King’s Mountain

Government

Remnants of Fort Dorchester, built in 1757, and clearly show how the wall is constructed from tabby (which is a mixture of sand, oyster shells, and lime). Image courtesy of flickr user Eyebee.

• South Carolina Constitution of 1776
  The South Carolina General Assembly wrote a state constitution to outline grievances with Great Britain and to establish their own independent government.
• Charles Pinckney and the U. S. Constitution
  Find out how Charles Pinckney helped shape the Constitution.
• 4 SC Signers of the Constitution
  Read about the four signers of the constitution who were from South Carolina.

Explore with DISCUS*

* Requires access to the DISCUS databases. Learn more here.

• Battles in the South
  Learn more about the battles that took place in the Southern Colonies.
• Francis Marion
  Francis Marion helped fight the British through guerrilla warfare tactics.
• The Continental Congress
  The Continental Congress represented the 13 British colonies that were negotiating and fighting for freedom.