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The article discusses the settlement plans developed by British High Chancellor Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper in South Carolina that contributed to the economic development in his colony, which in turn, led to the creation of legal orders in the area. It explores the establishment of the colony's legal system, which imitated common law and other practices in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Also stated is the end of the city-state of Charleston in the spring of 1776 as a result of legal crises, and the emergence of the U.S.