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Henry Laurens
Henry Laurens served as president of the Continental Congress, and later on the committee that negotiated the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War. -
Charles Pinckney
Charles Pinckney was an early advocate for a stronger national government. He chaired the Confederation committee that wanted to strengthen the national government under the Articles of Confederation and and also served on the committee to persuade the states to pay their debts to the national government. -
Committee of 99
A de facto government that consisted of 15 merchants, 15 artisans, and 69 planters. It was a government that the citizens obeyed even though it was not the de jure government in which the did not obey the governor. -
Continental Congress
The Continental Congress acted as the first national government of the United States -
Articles of Confederation
William Henry Drayton negotiated the Treaty of Ninety-Six with backcountry Loyalists on September 16, 1775. The Treaty required non-associators to remain neutral in the conflict between Whigs and the English in return for being left alone by the Council of Safety. -
South Carolina’s 1st Constitution (1776)
The South Carolina Constitution of 1776 was adopted before the Declaration of Independence was signed. The South Carolina constitution was written by the Provincial Congress and was to serve as the law of South Carolina until the arguments with England were resolved -
De Facto Government
De Facto Government-the government that the citizens obeyed -
De Jure Government
De Jure Government-the lawful government -
South Carolina’s 2nd Constitution (1778)
three changes from the first document. First, the president would now be called the governor of South Carolina. The Church of England was now no longer the official state church, and representation was now slightly more equal between the Lowcountry and Backcountry -
Treaty of Ninety-Six
A treaty created because not all people agreed with the Provincial Congress, and this treaty said that the Backcountry would remain neutral. -
Shay’s Rebellion in Massachusetts
Shays’ Rebellion in Massachusetts raised fears of rebellion against the federal government, and the states called for a meeting in Philadelphia to fix the problems of the Articles of Confederation. -
Provisional Congress
The Provincial Congress was meant to be a temporary government during the war. The elected delegates were mostly Lowcountry elite who raised an army, issued currency, and enforced non-importation of goods from England