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A tax or land tax imposed on freehold or leased land by a higher landowning authority, usually a government.

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The Fundamental Constitutions  of Carolina

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The Fundamental Constitutions  of Carolina

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The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina was a formalized plan for government in the colony of Carolina. They were put into place on March 1, 1669 by the eight Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina.

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Barbados is an eastern Caribbean island and an independent British Commonwealth nation.

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A proprietary colony was a type of British colony, mostly in North America and the Caribbean, in the 17th century. In the British Empire, all land belonged to the ruler, and it was his job to divide the land.

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Proprietors are owners of a business or holders of a property. King Charles II formed the Lords Proprietors and gave the land of Carolina to 8 proprietors.

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Quakers based their message on the religious belief that "Christ has come to teach his people himself", stressing the importance of a direct relationship with God through Jesus Christ. They mainly settled in Pennsylvania. Quakers were some of the earliest settlers of South Carolina they were immigrants from Barbados and bermuda.

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Many of the Pilgrims were members of a Puritan sect known as the Separatists. They came to British America for religious freedom. They wanted to become completely separate from the English Church. Separatist Baptist churches were established in South Carolina.

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The Puritans were a group of English Reformed Protestants who sought to "purify" the Church of England from its "Catholic" practices, maintaining that the Church of England was only partially reformed. They moved to British America to earn religious freedom.

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The Magna Carta is a charter agreed to by King John of England stating that the king is not above the law. In 1712, South Carolina incorporated the laws of England into its colonial law, which was the  first enactment of the Magna Carta in American history.

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The Mayflower Compact was the first agreement for self-government to be created and enforced in America.

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The Southern colonies of  British America included  the Province of Maryland, the Colony of Virginia, the Province of Carolina and the Province of Georgia.

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The Middle colonies of British America consisted of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.

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The New England colonies of British America included Connecticut Colony, Colony of Rhode Island,  Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the Province of New Hampshire.

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The House of Burgesses was the first legislative assembly in the American colonies.

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Indentured servants were workers that had a contract to work for a certain amount of years in exchange for land in the new world.

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The Headright System was a grant of land given to settlers to try to help colonize the area.

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Jamestown is located in Berkeley County and was home to Ashton Plantation, Ballsdam Pantation and, Wanthee Plantation.

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From 1670 to 1783, the city was known as Charles Town. At the end of the American Revolution in 1783, the name was shortened to Charleston, which has been in use ever since.

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In 1562, the French built Charlesfort on the southern tip of Parris Island. It was abandoned less than a year later. Its ruins became the site of the Spanish Fort San Felipe in 1566.

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The Charlesfort-Santa Elena Site is an important early colonial archaeological site on Parris Island, South Carolina.

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San Miguel de Guadalupe was the first European settlement, in which would become the continental United States, founded in 1526 by Spanish explorer  Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon.

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The Northwest Passage is a sea route from the European and northern Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic Ocean.

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Encomiendas were grants by the Spanish Crown to colonists in America giving the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian Natives of an area.

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Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition into the territory of the modernday United States.

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Conquistador is a term used to refer to the conquers and explorers of the Spanish Empire.