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Charleston
Around a two hour drive south of Myrtle Beach is the city of Charleston located at the tip of a peninsula formed by the Ashley and Cooper Rivers, which join to form Charleston Harbor and empty into the Atlantic Ocean.
Initially occupied by Indians the English colonised Charles Towne from 1670.

A liberal immigration policy, which attracted industrious French Huguenots, and religious toleration, which attracted Jewish merchants and others, led to the town's early rise as a center of commerce and planting. Other immigrants, less willing but with critical skills and labour, made possible a plantation economy which was among the wealthiest in the world.

Planters and merchants vied among themselves to build the most opulent townhouses. As they built and remodeled over the decades, the city acquired a subtle blend of architectural styles from Georgian to Palladian to Federal to Greek Revival and Victorian.

A popular style was to build the house turned edgewise with a single room facing the street and a large porch overlooking a garden, a design ideally suited to the hot, humid summers. Some of those houses are today still occupied by the same families several generations on.
Charleston was a city of revolutionary zeal, and home to four signers of the Declaration of Independence.
It was successfully defended against two British attacks, but in 1780 fell to an overwhelming British force and was occupied for two years. The quest for independence also imbued the sons of revolutionaries and in 1861, they passed the Ordinance of Secession for South Carolina in Charleston.

The city quickly became even more notable as the home of Fort Sumter, an uncompleted masonry fort guarding the harbour. The garrison commander refused to turn the fort over to the state. It was intolerable to the people of South Carolina to have a foreign fortification menacing their main harbour, and they were forced to fire upon it to prevent its resupply.

The most destructive of American wars was the result and Charleston endured 3 years of Federal siege. The wealth was gone, and efforts were focused on just maintaining the status quo. There was no money to tear down the old, and so modern Charleston has inherited a beautiful and well preserved historic district.

You will really enjoy a visit to this quintessentially Southern city.

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Georgetown
In the south is Georgetown which, as mentioned in the history, is one of the oldest
cities in the Carolinas and was once the rice growing centre of America. As such it
provides some of the best examples of colonial architecture in the South

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	surrounding attractions
	Charleston Around a two hour drive south of Myrtle Beach is the city of Charleston located at the tip of a peninsula formed by the Ashley and Cooper Rivers, which join to form Charleston Harbor and empty into the Atlantic Ocean. Initially occupied by Indians the English colonised Charles Towne from 1670. A liberal immigration policy, which attracted industrious French Huguenots, and religious toleration, which attracted Jewish merchants and others, led to the town's early rise as a center of commerce and planting. Other immigrants, less willing but with critical skills and labour, made possible a plantation economy which was among the wealthiest in the world. Planters and merchants vied among themselves to build the most opulent townhouses. As they built and remodeled over the decades, the city acquired a subtle blend of architectural styles from Georgian to Palladian to Federal to Greek Revival and Victorian. A popular style was to build the house turned edgewise with a single room facing the street and a large porch overlooking a garden, a design ideally suited to the hot, humid summers. Some of those houses are today still occupied by the same families several generations on.		Charleston was a city of revolutionary zeal, and home to four signers of the Declaration of Independence. It was successfully defended against two British attacks, but in 1780 fell to an overwhelming British force and was occupied for two years. The quest for independence also imbued the sons of revolutionaries and in 1861, they passed the Ordinance of Secession for South Carolina in Charleston. The city quickly became even more notable as the home of Fort Sumter, an uncompleted masonry fort guarding the harbour. The garrison commander refused to turn the fort over to the state. It was intolerable to the people of South Carolina to have a foreign fortification menacing their main harbour, and they were forced to fire upon it to prevent its resupply. The most destructive of American wars was the result and Charleston endured 3 years of Federal siege. The wealth was gone, and efforts were focused on just maintaining the status quo. There was no money to tear down the old, and so modern Charleston has inherited a beautiful and well preserved historic district. You will really enjoy a visit to this quintessentially Southern city. Images of....
	Georgetown In the south is Georgetown which, as mentioned in the history, is one of the oldest cities in the Carolinas and was once the rice growing centre of America. As such it provides some of the best examples of colonial architecture in the South