Charleston Tour Guide Exam |330
Questions and Answers
Lords proprietors name all 8 - -Craven, William Berkeley, John Berkeley,
Colleton, Carteret, Monk, Ashley Cooper, Hyde
- Ashley river named? - -Kiawah River
- Cooper River named? - -Wando
- First carolinian - -Henry Woodward
- Captain of first expedition to Carolina - -Joseph West
- Settlement moved in what year to where? - -1680/oyster point
- List the 5 churches established by 1700 - -St. Phillips (1680)/French
Huguenot (1680)/Quaker (1681)/Independent(1681)/Anabaptist (1682)
- Gov. Nathaniel Johnson - -The wall was built under his administration
- The wall built when and completely down by when?? - -1704 down by
1751. Tear down begins in 1717.
- Vauban - -Designed the wall based on those in Europe.
- Edward Crisp - -Wall is shown on his map in 1704
- Name the 4 bastions of the walled city - -NW Carteret
(Cumberland/Meeting)
NE Craven (Cumberland/East Bay)
SE Granville (East Bay at Omar Temple)
SW Colleton (at First Scots Presbyterian)
- 3 walled cities in America - -Charles Towne, Quebec, St. Augustine
- Proprietary government lasted from when to when? - -1670-1719
- 1663 - -Charles II grants land to 8 noblemen
- 1670 - -Carolina arrives Charles Towne
- 1680 - -Settlement moved to Oyster Point (peninsula)
,- 1704 - -Crisp map depicting wall
- 1717 - -Yemasee Indians are defeated and citizens begin to tear down the
wall.
- 1718 - -Pirate Stede Bonnet captured by Col. William Rhett and hanged at
White Point Gardens
- Royal government lasted from when to when?? - -1719-1776
- 1719 - -King Charles II takes back over the colony appoints William Bull
the Lt. Gov
- William Bull - -Appointed Lt. gov by King Charles II in 1719
- 1729 - -North and South Carolina split
- 1751 - -Wall is down
- 1766 - -Christopher Gadsden advocates for independence
- Liberty Tree - -The place where he Christopher Gadsden advocated for
independence/ 80 Alexander street in Mazyck's pasture
- 1773- 3 charleston firsts - -Chamber of commerce/science
museum/natural history museum
- 1774 (dec 3) - -Charleston has its on tea party. Tea hidden in basement of
old exchange building
- 1776 (Jun 28) - -Gen. William Moultrie defended partially built palmetto log
fort from Sir Peter Parker's naval forces and Sir Henry Clinton's land forces at
Isle of Palms. Called Carolina Day
- 1776 (March 26) - -SC declares independence from Great Britain
- Name the 6 people who were imprisoned by the British at Provost Dungeon
- -Gadsden, Heyward, Hugh Rutledge, Edward Rutledge, Hayne (hanged),
Timothy (editor of paper)
- 1780 (may 13) - -Charles Towne evacuated to British
- 1782 (dec 14) - -Lord Cornwallis took over Miles Brewton House as British
HQ. 500 barrels full of silver and St. Michael's bells shipped taken back to
England
, - 1783 (Aug 13) - -Charleston incorporated
- 1789 - -Capital moved to Columbia
- 1791 - -Pres George Washington visits Charleston for 2 weeks and stays at
Heyward-Washington house at 87 church street
- 1812 - -War with Britain
- 1822 - -Denmark Vesey leads attempted slave uprising
- 1825 - -Lafayette returns for a visit
- 1860 (dec 20) - -Ordinance of session signed
- 1860 (dec 26) - -Major Robert Anderson moves federal garrison from Ft.
Moultrie to Ft. Sumter in the middle of the night
- 1861 (April 12) - -Confederates attack Major Robert Anderson at Ft.
Sumter
- 1861 (dec 11) - -Last great fire in Charleston (1/6 of city destroyed)
- 1865 (feb 17-18) - -Confederates evacuate Charleston and Columbia is
burned on Feb 17.
- 1865 (April 9) - -Lee surrenders at Appomattox
- 1885 (Aug 25) - -Great cyclone
- 1886 (Aug 31) - -Earthquake
- 1970 - -Tri-centennial of landing/founding of Charles Towne
- 1977 - -Spoleto USA
- 1989 (sept 21) - -Hurricane Hugo
- State Bird - -Carolina Wren
- State Tree - -Palmetto
- State Flower - -Yellow Jessamine
- State Motto - -Dum Spiro Spero (while I breathe, I hope)
Questions and Answers
Lords proprietors name all 8 - -Craven, William Berkeley, John Berkeley,
Colleton, Carteret, Monk, Ashley Cooper, Hyde
- Ashley river named? - -Kiawah River
- Cooper River named? - -Wando
- First carolinian - -Henry Woodward
- Captain of first expedition to Carolina - -Joseph West
- Settlement moved in what year to where? - -1680/oyster point
- List the 5 churches established by 1700 - -St. Phillips (1680)/French
Huguenot (1680)/Quaker (1681)/Independent(1681)/Anabaptist (1682)
- Gov. Nathaniel Johnson - -The wall was built under his administration
- The wall built when and completely down by when?? - -1704 down by
1751. Tear down begins in 1717.
- Vauban - -Designed the wall based on those in Europe.
- Edward Crisp - -Wall is shown on his map in 1704
- Name the 4 bastions of the walled city - -NW Carteret
(Cumberland/Meeting)
NE Craven (Cumberland/East Bay)
SE Granville (East Bay at Omar Temple)
SW Colleton (at First Scots Presbyterian)
- 3 walled cities in America - -Charles Towne, Quebec, St. Augustine
- Proprietary government lasted from when to when? - -1670-1719
- 1663 - -Charles II grants land to 8 noblemen
- 1670 - -Carolina arrives Charles Towne
- 1680 - -Settlement moved to Oyster Point (peninsula)
,- 1704 - -Crisp map depicting wall
- 1717 - -Yemasee Indians are defeated and citizens begin to tear down the
wall.
- 1718 - -Pirate Stede Bonnet captured by Col. William Rhett and hanged at
White Point Gardens
- Royal government lasted from when to when?? - -1719-1776
- 1719 - -King Charles II takes back over the colony appoints William Bull
the Lt. Gov
- William Bull - -Appointed Lt. gov by King Charles II in 1719
- 1729 - -North and South Carolina split
- 1751 - -Wall is down
- 1766 - -Christopher Gadsden advocates for independence
- Liberty Tree - -The place where he Christopher Gadsden advocated for
independence/ 80 Alexander street in Mazyck's pasture
- 1773- 3 charleston firsts - -Chamber of commerce/science
museum/natural history museum
- 1774 (dec 3) - -Charleston has its on tea party. Tea hidden in basement of
old exchange building
- 1776 (Jun 28) - -Gen. William Moultrie defended partially built palmetto log
fort from Sir Peter Parker's naval forces and Sir Henry Clinton's land forces at
Isle of Palms. Called Carolina Day
- 1776 (March 26) - -SC declares independence from Great Britain
- Name the 6 people who were imprisoned by the British at Provost Dungeon
- -Gadsden, Heyward, Hugh Rutledge, Edward Rutledge, Hayne (hanged),
Timothy (editor of paper)
- 1780 (may 13) - -Charles Towne evacuated to British
- 1782 (dec 14) - -Lord Cornwallis took over Miles Brewton House as British
HQ. 500 barrels full of silver and St. Michael's bells shipped taken back to
England
, - 1783 (Aug 13) - -Charleston incorporated
- 1789 - -Capital moved to Columbia
- 1791 - -Pres George Washington visits Charleston for 2 weeks and stays at
Heyward-Washington house at 87 church street
- 1812 - -War with Britain
- 1822 - -Denmark Vesey leads attempted slave uprising
- 1825 - -Lafayette returns for a visit
- 1860 (dec 20) - -Ordinance of session signed
- 1860 (dec 26) - -Major Robert Anderson moves federal garrison from Ft.
Moultrie to Ft. Sumter in the middle of the night
- 1861 (April 12) - -Confederates attack Major Robert Anderson at Ft.
Sumter
- 1861 (dec 11) - -Last great fire in Charleston (1/6 of city destroyed)
- 1865 (feb 17-18) - -Confederates evacuate Charleston and Columbia is
burned on Feb 17.
- 1865 (April 9) - -Lee surrenders at Appomattox
- 1885 (Aug 25) - -Great cyclone
- 1886 (Aug 31) - -Earthquake
- 1970 - -Tri-centennial of landing/founding of Charles Towne
- 1977 - -Spoleto USA
- 1989 (sept 21) - -Hurricane Hugo
- State Bird - -Carolina Wren
- State Tree - -Palmetto
- State Flower - -Yellow Jessamine
- State Motto - -Dum Spiro Spero (while I breathe, I hope)
