An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, vol 1 | Page 3

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currency made._ _The expedition against the Apalachian Indians._
_The culture of silk._ _And of cotton._ _Rice fixed on by the planters
as a staple commodity._
CHAP. IV.
_War declared against France._ _Sir Nathaniel Johnson appointed
governor._ _His instructions._ _He endeavours to establish the church
of England._ _Pursues violent measures for that purpose._ _The church
of England established by law._ _The inhabitants of Colleton county
remonstrate against it._ _Lay commissioners appointed._ _The acts
ratified by the Proprietor._ _The petition of Dissenters to the House of
Lords._ _Resolutions of the House of Lords._ _Their address to the
Queen._ _The Queen's answer._ _A project formed for invading
Carolina._ _A Spanish and French invasion._ _The invader repulsed
and defeated by the militia._ _The union of England and Scotland._
_Missionaries sent out by the society in England._ _Lord Craven
palatine._ _Edward Tynte governor._ _The revenues of the colony._
_The invasion of Canada._ _A French colony planted in Louisiana._
_A colony of Palatines settled._ _Robert Gibbes governor._ _Charles
Craven governor._ _An Indian war in North Carolina._ _The Tuskorora
Indians conquered._ _Bank-bills established._ _Remarks on paper
currency._ _Trade infested by pirates._ _Several English statutes
adopted._
CHAP. V.
_A design formed for purchasing all charters and proprietary

governments._ _The Yamassees conspire the destruction of the
colony._ _The Yamassee war._ _The Yamassees defeated and
expelled._ _They take refuge in Florida._ _Retain a vindictive spirit
against the Carolinians._ _The colonists turn their eyes for protection to
the crown._ _The project revived for purchasing the proprietary
colonies._ _Distresses occasioned by the war._ _Aggravated by the
Proprietors._ _Robert Daniel is made deputy-governor._ _Lord Cartaret
palatine._ _The disaffection of the people increases._ _Robert Johnson
appointed governor._ _Of the depredations of pirates._ _And their utter
extirpation._ _Troubles from paper currency._ _Several laws repealed._
_Which occasions great disaffections._ _Further troubles from
Indians._ _Complaints against Chief Justice Trott._ _Laid before the
Proprietors._ _Their answer._ _And letter to the governor._ _Who
obeys their commands._ _An invasion threatened from Spain._ _An
association formed against the Proprietors._
CHAP. VI.
_The people's encouragement to revolt._ _Their letter to the governor
signifying their design._ _Which the governor endeavours to defeat._
_Proceedings of the convention._ _The perplexity of the Governor and
council._ _The Governor's speech for recalling the people._ _Their
message in answer to it._ _The Governor's answer._ _The assembly
dissolved, and the proceedings of the people._ _James Moore
proclaimed Governor._ _The declaration of the Convention._ _The
Governor transmits an account of the whole proceedings to the
Proprietors._ _The Revolutioners appoint new officers, and establish
their authority._ _In vain the Governor attempts to disconcert them._
_Rhett refuses obedience to his orders._ _And preserves the confidence
of the Proprietors._ _Further attempts of the Governor to recal the
people._ _The invasion from Spain defeated._ _The Governor's last
attempt to recover his authority._ _Injurious suspicions with regard to
the conduct of the Governor._ _Francis Nicolson appointed Governor
by the regency._ _General reflections on the whole transactions._
_Nicolson's arrival occasions uncommon joy._ _The people recognize
King George as their lawful sovereign._ _The Governor regulates
Indian affairs._ _And promotes religious institutions._ _The
enthusiasm of the family of Dutartre._ _Their trial and condemnation._
_Progress of the colony._ _The adventure of Captain Beale._ _Arthur

Middleton president._ _A dispute about the boundaries between
Carolina and Florida._ _Colonel Palmer makes reprisals on the
Spaniards._ _Encroachment of the French in Louisiana._ _A terrible
hurricane._ _And Yellow Fever._ _The Province purchased for the
crown._ _The Fundamental Constitutions of South Carolina._

THE HISTORY OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE COLONY
OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

CHAP. I.
Among the various events recorded in the history of past ages, there are
few more interesting and important than the discovery of the western
world. By it a large field for adventures, and a new source of power,
opulence and grandeur, opened to European nations. To obtain a share
of the vast territories in the west became an object of ambition to many
of them; but for this purpose, the maritime and commercial states
possessed the greatest advantages. Having first discovered the country,
with facility they transported people to it, settled colonies there, and in
process of time shared among them the extensive wilderness.
[Sidenote] Most men pleased with the history of their ancestors.
All accounts relating to these settlements afford pleasure to curious and
ingenious minds, in what quarter of the globe soever they live; but to
the posterity of the first adventurers they must be peculiarly acceptable.
In the lives of our ancestors we become parties concerned; and when
we behold them braving the horrors of the desert, and surmounting
every difficulty from a burning climate, a thick forest, and savage
neighbours, we admire their courage, and are astonished at their
perseverance. We are pleased with every danger they escaped, and wish
to see even the most minute events, relating to the rise and