Early maps of this city include the Bull Plat, the Crisp fortification chart, and the DeSaussure map, which may have been a revised copy of its original "Grand Modell.
Early maps of this city include the Bull Plat, the Crisp fortification chart, and the DeSaussure map, which may have been a revised copy of its original "Grand Modell." Early in the 18th century, this city's politics were dominated by the "Goose Creek Men." In 1735, its Shepheard's Tavern was the site of a production of Colley Cibber's Flora; the next year, its Dock Street Theatre performed The Recruiting Officer. The only Huguenot church in the United States is located in this city, a haven for Huguenots and (*) Jews in colonial America. Bumbling French diplomat "Citizen" Genet made his first landfall in the U.S. at this city, where he caused an uproar by commissioning a privateer called the Sans-Culotte. The Battle of Sullivan's Island prevented Admiral Peter Parker from invading this city, which was not accorded the honors of war after Henry Clinton successfully besieged it in 1780. For 10 points, name this city founded at the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers, the capital of colonial South Carolina.
Early maps of this city include the Bull Plat, the Crisp fortification chart, and the DeSaussure map, which may have been a revised copy of its original "Grand Modell.
Charleston, South Carolina [or Charles Town]