Charleston Tour Guide Exam Questions and
Correct Answers
1670 Ans: When was Charleston founded?
Edward Hyde, William Craven, Ashley Cooper, William Berkeley,
George Monk, John Berkeley, George Carteret, John Colleton Ans:
Who are the 8 Lords Proprietor?
Chicora Ans: What did the Indians call Carolina?
John Locke Ans: Who wrote the fundamental constitutions of
Carolina
Carolina, Port Royal, Albemarle Ans: The settlers left England in
what three ships?
Joseph West Ans: led the first group of settlers from England to
Carolina
William Sayle Ans: First official governor of Carolina under
Proprietary Rule?
The Grand Model Ans: What was the original plan of Charles
Town called?
John Yeamans Ans: Who made the original plan?
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Port Royal Ans: What was their original destination?
Albermarle Point Ans: What did they call the location of their
original settlement?
1703 Ans: When or Charles Town first effective walls
constructed?
Governor Nathaniel Johnson Ans: Who directed the construction
of the walls?
Edward Crisp Ans: Who's map of the city was published in 1704?
Grandville Bastion Ans: What was the south east bastion called?
Colleton Bastion Ans: What was the southwest bastion called?
Carteret bastion Ans: What was the northwest bastion called?
Craven bastion Ans: What was the north east bastion called?
Queen Street Ans: What street was originally called dock Street?
Cooper Street Ans: What was the original name of broad street?
Francis Nicholson Ans: Who was the first royal governor of South
Carolina?
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Indian trade, rice, indigo, shipping Ans: What were the main
sources of wealth in Charles Town?
William Bull Ans: Who was the first lieutenant governor?
William Campbell Ans: Who was the last royal governor?
June 28, 1776 (Carolina Day) Ans: What was the date of the first
decisive victory of the revolution?
Colonel William Moultrie Ans: Who was the commander of the
patriots, credited with the first victory?
Colonel Isaac Hayne Ans: Who is hand, as an example to the
patriots by the British?
August 13, 1783 Ans: On what date was Charleston Incorporated?
Charleston & Hamburg Ans: In 1830, the South Carolina railroad
ran between what two cities?
The best friend Ans: What was the name of the first locomotive of
the South Carolina railroad?
Saint Andrews hall, December 20, 1860 Ans: What was the date
and location where the ordinance of secession was voted on an
adopted
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South Carolina institute hall Ans: Where was the ordinance of
secession signed?
South Carolina Interstate & west Indian exposition Ans: What was
the exosition held in Charleston 19 oh one to 1902?
August 31, 1886 Ans: What was the date of the great earthquake?
Ansonborough Ans: What was Charleston's first suburb?
George Anson Ans: The first suburb was named for whom?
Home of Charles Pinckney Ans: What house was known as the
governors mansion?
Ms Affra Harleston Cummings Ans: Who gave the Glebe lands to
the church of England?
First golf club in America Ans: What Charleston first occurred in
Harleston Village?
Liberty Oak - 80 Alexander Ans: What significant landmark is in
Mazyckborough?
Christopher Gadsen Ans: He was the leader of the Suns of liberty?
William Rhett - Scourge of the Pirates Ans: Who was Rhettsbury
named after and what was his nickname?
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