First Republic of South Carolina

The Republic of South Carolina was declared in the year 1776 with the ratification of the Constitution of South Carolina on the 26th of March and the election (by the General Assembly) of John Rutledge as President. The free state would remain unrecognized by the British Empire till the Treaty of Paris (1783) via Article One. The free state officially ceased to exist with the signing of the Constituiton of the United States of America in May 1788 though this was disputed in the 19th century by nullificationist and seccessionalists and in some cases continues to be disputed.

History
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Government
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Executive
The Republic's executive title was President till the 1778 Constitution where in the title became Governor, much as it was as a British colony and even today South Carolina traces their governors to colonial times.

Legislative
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Constitution
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Armed Forces
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Militia
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Navy
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