South Carolina

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Since I am interested in South Carolina, I decided to find out a little more about it. One of the things I would like to find out is what happened in South Carolina’s history. It would also be interesting to find out about the state governor. Information about the capital city is another thing I want to learn about South Carolina. Finally, I want to know about to know about a famous person from South Carolina. Those are some of the things I hope to learn from doing this paper.
The first thing I wanted to find out was what has happened in South Carolina’s history. I learned that Harleston Green was the first golf course in the United States. South Carolina [SC] has more than 350 golf course around the state. The size of SC is 32,021 square miles. South Carolina became a state on May 23, 1788. The tree is very important to the state and it’s called a palmetto. During the American Revolutionary War, the British struck the fort on Sullivan’s Island and that was near Charleston. When they fired cannonballs, they bounced off the palmetto tree and they were used to build the exterior wall. Also on February 17, 1865, General William and his Union soldiers burned and destroyed the city. South Carolina’s new state house wasn’t built until 1903 (South).
The second thing I wanted to learn was about the state governor. I found out that Nikki
Randhawa Haley is South Carolina’s state governor. Haley was elected Tuesday, November 2, 2010. One of her main goal was to create new jobs. When Haley took office, she invested in 45,000 new jobs. Nikki was born in Bamberg, South Carolina. She had her first job at 13 years old. She was keeping the books for her family’s clothes store. Nikki has a husband named Michael Haley they have...

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...g many things that I never thought about before doing this paper was also a benefit. For example, I found out how much Nikki Haley has done for the governor. I also benefited by this research because when I’m out of school I want to move to South Carolina. I have learned much from this paper, and I know it will help me later on in my life.

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