South Carolina and 

 Tobacco 



n 1526, only 34 years after Colum- 

 bus' first voyage, a Spanish colony of 500 was 

 started near present-day Georgetown, South Caro- 

 lina. Disease and a bitter winter put an end to 

 this attempt at colonization. 



Later, in 1562, Jean Ribout, a French Huguenot, 

 built the colony of Charlesfort on Parris Island. 

 This settlement was later destroyed by Spanish 

 invaders who settled and then abandoned the out- 

 post in 1586. 



