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

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_Of the depredations of pirates._ _And their utter extirpation._ _Troubles from paper currency._ _Several laws repealed._ _Which occasions great disaffections._ _Further troubles from Indians._ _Complaints against Chief Justice Trott._ _Laid before the Proprietors._ _Their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 progress of their little communities, placed before us in the most full and conspicuous light. The world has not yet been favoured with a particular history of all these colonies: many events respecting some of them lie buried in darkness and