First independent government in the colonies – March 1776 (mar 1, 1776 – mar 31, 1776)

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First independent government in the colonies – March 1776. Four months before the Declaration of Independence was signed, South Carolina adopted a state constitution–drafted by a Provincial Congress–and elected John Rutledge (1739-1800) as the state's president and Henry Laurens (1724-1792) as its vice-president. The titles of these offices were changed to Governor and Lieutenant Governor by the Constitution of 1778.

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