SOUTH CAROLINA HALL OF FAME

Teacher Guide Edward Rutledge

South Carolina Social Studies Standards Edward Rutledge The American Revolution - (all 3 sub-categories)

Topics include: Declaration of Independence, Continental Congress, SC Assembly, Revolutionary War, P.O.W, 3-3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the American Revolution and South Carolina's role in the development of the new American nation.

3-3.1 - Summarize the causes of the American Revolution, including Britain's passage of the Stamp Act, the Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts, the rebellion of the colonists, and the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

3-3.4 - Summarize the effects of the American Revolution, including the establishment of state and national governments. Standard 8-2:. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the causes of the American Revolution and the beginnings of the new nation, with an emphasis on South Carolina's role in the development of that nation.

8-2.4 - Compare the perspectives of different groups of South Carolinians during the American Revolution, including Patriots, Tories/Loyalists, women, enslaved and free Africans, and Native Americans.

8-2.6 - Explain the role of South Carolinians in the establishment of their new state government and the national government after the American Revolution. Standard 8-3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of South Carolina's role in the development of the new national government.

8-3.2 - Explain the role of South Carolina and its leaders in the Constitutional Convention, including their support of the Three-Fifths Compromise and the Commerce Compromise as well as the division among South Carolinians over the ratification of the Constitution.

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S.C. Hall of Fame Biography Edward Rutledge

Born in Charleston, Rutledge was educated in England and returned to South Carolina in 1773 and became deeply involved with the American revolutionaries that included his brother John, and the Pinckneys. In 1774 he was elected to the Continental Congress and served for three years. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Rutledge returned to Charleston and served as a lieutenant colonel in the militia and was captured when Charleston fell in 1780. He was released after eleven months, and he returned to his law practice. In 1790 he served in the State Constitutional Convention and was elected to the legislature in 1791. He was elected governor in 1798, but died in 1800 halfway through his term.

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Credits

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