We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As one of the original 13 colonies in the United States, South Carolina has experienced the evolution of the U.S. and many of its trials ...

Lafayette arrived by boat to cannon and musket fire. He might have been the most famous person in America. Beaufort ...

Of the 13 colonies, nine voted in favor of the Declaration, two -- Pennsylvania and South Carolina -- voted No, Delaware was undecided and New York abstained. John Hancock, President of the ...