South Carolina was the first state to secede in order to maintain states rights it seceded on December 20th 1860 follow by Mississippi on January 9th 1861, Florida on Jan 10th 1861 and Alabama on the 11th and Georgia on the 19th follow by Louisianna on the 26th and Texas seceded on Feb. 1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL im so SMART!!!! ")
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South Carolina became a colony in 1712 but not legally it just split from Northern Carolina
By: LAUREN MAXWELL
The University of South Carolina was founded in 1805 and has expanded in size from the original one-building school. A full account of the history of the university can be found here: http://www.sc.edu/aboutusc/
South Carolina had a long record of not liking Federal interference in their affairs. They were also a strong slave minded state. When the antislavery Republican, Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, South Carolina seceded from the US. This happened on December 20, 1860.
Joseph Rainey of South Carolina
Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, North Carolina, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland,
The US ratification order was Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, and Connecticut. Next came Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and finally Rhode Island.