USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Roughly 80% of all European settlers in colonial South Carolina were of English origins, however many of them did not come straight from England but rather came to Carolina from Barbados.

Detailed explanation-2: -Small landholders felt pressure to sell their land to large landholders and move, and the younger sons of elite planter families with no land inheritance had to seek their fortunes elsewhere. For these reasons, many white settlers moved from Barbados to populate other English colonies in the New World.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first English ship touched the island on May 14th 1625 under the command of Captain John Powell. The island was therefore claimed on behalf of King James I. On February 17th 1627, Captain Henry Powell landed with a party of 80 settlers and 10 slaves to occupy and settle the island.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some Historical Firsts in South Carolina. First European settlement in South Carolina in 1526 near Georgetown settled by Spanish explorer Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon named San Miguel de Gualdape.

Detailed explanation-5: -The original settlers of the island came from the South American continent and seem to have come in three groups. The first group was known as the Saladoid-Barrancoid, which were followed about 1, 200 years ago by the Arawaks, and finally, the Caribs, who came about 600 years ago.