SHIRLEY GRIFFITH:
Many people came to live in Charleston because it produced indigo and had a good port. The people who settled the area were hard working and independent. They considered themselves citizens of England.
Still, they did not like some of the laws declared by the English government. The colonists successfully defended their city many times in the early seventeen hundreds. They defended it against both French and Spanish forces, and against raids by Yamasee Indians and by pirates.
In seventeen nineteen, the citizens of Charleston rebelled against the group of English men who controlled their colony. They wanted more self-government. Britain's King George agreed. This change gave the people of Charleston a feeling of independence.
STEVE EMBER: Charleston is still proud of its part in the war for independence. The city provided several political and military leaders during the American Revolution.
British forces attacked it two times, but were defeated by the people of Charleston. The third time, the British captured the city and held it for more than a year.
Charleston continued to grow after the American colonists had won their independence from England. The new federal government knew that the city was important.
Workers began building a strong base to guard Charleston in eighteen twenty-eight. This base was on a small island in Charleston Harbor. It was named Fort Sumter. It was designed to guard the city from any future enemy.
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