Rice"...Finally, as South Carolina, by its climate, its situation, and its peculiar institutions, is, and shall ever continue to be, entirely dependent on agriculture and from commerce, not only for prosperity, but for its existence as a state..." (Boller, page 110)-John C Calhoun: explosion and protest in South Carolina (1828)   While the north was going through an “industrial revolution ”, the South remained based on agriculture. Rice, first grown in South Carolina in the early 1960s, was a very promising crop. Between 1820 and 1850, rice production nearly tripled, making it a major colonial crop along the coast of South Carolina and Georgia. Rice had definitely proven itself to be a “magic crop” of the South. (Boyer, pg. 96) Carolina was originally granted in 1663 by King Charles II of England to some of his British supporters. The owners named the land Carolina in honor of King Charles. Charles in Latin is Carolus. (Olmsted, page 312) Initially the colony grows quickly. In 1669, however, Anthony Ashley Cooper, one of the owners, accelerated settlement by offering land grants to immigration. For each new family member, indentured servant, or slave brought in, fifty acres of land were given to the head of the family. Wealthy immigrants, or those with large families, received a large plot of land, which...... middle of paper...... of which was sold in Europe, in the West Indies, in the North was produced in South Carolina and Georgia. A decade later rice production increased to 215,313,497 pounds produced. A decline in rice production occurred in the 1850s. The decline was most likely caused by rising cotton prices taking labor or capital away from rice production, or perhaps planters hesitated to risk the lives of expensive slaves in the unhealthy swamps of rice. But, whatever the reason, rice farmers never occurred in the Southeast, and after the Civil War they moved westward into Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. United since 1690, and the production of rice as well as the American nation. The South was a threat to the Union. The incompatibility of the North and the South caused the two to separate completely; be it issues regarding industrialization, slavery or simply the unity of the nation.