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South Carolina is one of fifty states that, together with Washington D. C., form the United States of America. Its capital and most populated city is Columbia. It is located in the South region of the country, South Atlantic Division, bounded on the north by North Carolina and on the southwest by the Savannah River that separates it from Georgia. He was admitted to the Union on May 23,1788, as the 8th state. Despite its small territorial extension, it is one of the national leaders of textile production and the second largest tobacco producer in the United States, second only to Carolina. From North.

The region that at the moment constitutes Carolina of the South comprised initially of the English colony of Carolina, named in tribute to the king Carlos II of England. In 1712, the colony of Carolina separated into two: North Carolina and South Carolina. South Carolina was one of the Thirteen Colonies that rebelled against the British government in the War of Independence of the United States. South Carolina became the eighth state of the Union on May 23,1788. It was the first state to separate from the Union, on December 20,1860, after the election of Abraham Lincoln, to found the Confederate States of America. The American Civil War began in South Carolina on April 12,1861, when Confederate troops invaded Fort Sumter. After the end of the war, the state would be re-admitted into the Union on June 25,1868. The nickname of South Carolina, The Palmetto State, originated during the war for independence.

Palmetto is an English word that means palm tree in Spanish. At the beginning of the revolution, British forces tried unsuccessfully to capture the Moultrie fort made with palm trunks, abundant in the state. The next day, the commander of the fort, seeing a British warship on fire, commented that the smoke emitted by the burning ship resembled a palm tree.