Charleston City Tour Guide Exam with Questions and Verified Answers

Charleston City Tour Guide Exam with Questions and Verified Answers Date Charleston becomes incorporated ANSWER August 13, 1783 1st Intendent Mayor of Charleston ANSWER Richard Hutson Date George Washington comes to Charleston ANSWER May 1791 Major dates of French immigration ANSWER 1685: Edict of Nantes is revoked / 1755: Acadian relocation / 1791: Haitian Revolution Major Dates of Jewish immigration ANSWER 1694: from Spain and Portugal 2nd oldest Synagogue in the US and the 1st to house an organ ANSWER K.K. Beth Elohim First Jewish immigrant to die in the revolution on the side of the patriots ANSWER Francis Salvador First locomotive in the state of SC and went from Charleston to Hamburg ANSWER The Best Friend Vast majority Protestant immigrants most of whom worked on the railroad and eventually relocated to the north so as not to compete with slavery ANSWER Scots-Irish