USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the mid-eighteenth century, demand for rice in Europe grew significantly and Charles Town became a major port for exporting South Carolina’s largest cash crop.

Detailed explanation-2: -Charleston boasts the first public college, museum, and playhouse in the U.S. The first golf club in America was established in Charleston in 1787. North America’s longest cable-stayed bridge, the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, spans the Charleston Harbor, connecting historic Charleston and Mount Pleasant.

Detailed explanation-3: -South Carolina’s capital city of Charleston became a major port for traffic on the Atlantic Ocean, and South Carolina developed indigo, rice and Sea Island cotton as commodity crop exports, making it one of the most prosperous of the colonies.

Detailed explanation-4: -South Carolina became one of the wealthiest early colonies largely due to exports of cotton, rice, tobacco, and indigo dye.

Detailed explanation-5: -Top Industries in Charleston Several of the top industries supporting Charleston’s thriving economy include aerospace, energy, automotive, life sciences, and IT and defense. In the field of aerospace, Boeing remains an industry leader as one of the world’s three locations for assembling wide-body jets.