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