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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Plantations, contempt for the (search)
Plantations, contempt for the On the accession of James II. that monarch declared, without the formality of law, the charter of Massachusetts to be void, and appointed Joseph Dudley president of the country from Rhode Island to Nova Scotia. The people of England, misinformed by their rulers, approved the measure, and the tone of society there was one of contempt for the plantations. The poet Dryden, who was then a supple servant of the crown, in a dramatic prologue, wrote as follows: Since faction ebbs, and rogues go out of fashion, Their penny scribes take care to inform the nation How well men thrive in this or that plantation. How Pennsylvania's air agrees with Quakers, And Carolina's with Associators; Both e'en too good for madmen and for traitors. Truth is, our land with saints is so run o'er, And every age produces such a store, That now there's need of two New Englands more.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Port Royal Island, settlement on (search)
Port Royal Island, settlement on In 1692 Lord Cardross (afterwards Earl of Buchan), a Scotch nobleman, led a colony from his native land, where the Presbyterians were persecuted. Some of their agents went to England to treat with the proprietaries of Carolina for a lodgment there. It is believed that one of these agents was Lord Cardross, and that his colony were Presbyterians, who preferred exile in peace to their native land, where they were continually harassed. When Cardross arrived there were instant premonitions of trouble. In pursuance of some agreement or understanding with the proprietaries, Lord Cardross claimed for himself and associates coordinate authority with the governor and grand council at Charleston. This claim the provincial government disallowed, and the colony at Port Royal was compelled to acknowledge submission. Soon afterwards Lord Cardross returned home. Some time afterwards his colonists were dislodged by the Spaniards at St. Augustine (1686), wh
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ribault, Jean 1520- (search)
antly cut, and they went to sea, followed by the Spanish squadron, which, failing to overtake the fugitives, returned to the shore farther south. Ribault returned to the St. John, when, contrary to the advice of Laudonniere, he determined to try to drive the Spaniards away from the coast. When he reached the open sea he was struck by a fierce tempest that wrecked his vessels not far from Cape Canaveral, on the central coast of Florida. With his command, Ribault started by land for Fort Carolina (built on the St. John by the Frenchmen), ignorant of the fact that its garrison had been destroyed. Ribault divided his force of 500 men, about 200 of them taking the advance in the march, the remainder, with Ribault, following soon afterwards. The latter were betrayed by a sailor, and fell into the hands of Menendez. The captives pleaded for mercy. Menendez asked, Are you Catholics or Lutherans? They answered, We are all of the reformed religion. He told them he was ordered to e
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), St. Augustine, (search)
number of bombshells into the town. The fire was returned with spirit from the castle and armed ships, but the distance was so great that very little damage was done. Meanwhile a party of Spaniards went out and attacked the Georgian garrison at Fort Moosa and curt it in pieces. The Chickasaw Indians with Oglethorpe, offended At some incautious expression of his, deserted him, and the Spaniards by some means received a reinforcement of 700 men. All prospects of success began to fade. The Carolina troops, enfeebled by the heat of the climate and dispirited by much sickness, marched away in considerable numbers; and the naval commanders thought it imprudent to remain longer on the coast, for the season of hurricanes was nigh. The enterprise was accordingly abandoned in July. In violation of the capitulation at Charleston, many of the patriotic citizens were torn from their families, taken to St. Augustine, and imprisoned, when they were required a second time to give their parole
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Secession of Southern States. (search)
eme of revolution then. I do not believe, he wrote, that the course of the legislature is a fair expression of the popular feeling. In the East, at least, the great majority believe in the right of secession, and feel the deepest sympathy with Carolina in opposition to measures which they regard as she does. But the West—Western Virginia—here is the rub! Only 60,000 slaves to 494,000 whites! When I consider this fact, and the kind of argument which we have heard in this body, I cannot but resue. ... You will object to the word Democrat. Democracy, in its original philosophical sense, is, indeed, incompatible with slavery and the whole system of Southern society. Mr. Garnett expressed a fear that if the question was raised between Carolina and the national government, and the latter prevailed, the last hope of Southern civilization would expire. Preston S. Brooks, who assaulted Senator Sumner of Massachusetts, when alone at his desk in the Senate, said, in an harangue before an e
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Shaftesbury, Earl of (Anthony Ashley Cooper) 1621- (search)
t troops, acted with vigor, served in Cromwell's Parliaments, and was one of the councillors of state. He retired in 1654, and in Parliament was a leader of the opposition to Cromwell's measures. Active in the overthrow of the Second Protectorate, he was one of the commissioners who went to Breda to invite Charles II. to come to England. The grateful King made him governor of the Isle of Wight, chancellor of the exchequer, and one of the privy council. In 1661 he was created Baron Ashley, and was one of the commission for the trial of the regicides, whom he zealously prosecuted. Charles had granted to him and several other favorites the vast domain of Carolina (1663), and he was employed with Locke in framing a scheme of government for it. He was created Earl of Shaftesbury in 1672, and made lord-chancellor, for which he was unfitted. Opposing the government, the King dismissed him (1673) Accused of treason, he fled to Amsterdam, Holland, in 1682, where he died, June 22, 1683.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Florida, (search)
s of Florida Indians from the interior to the islands on the coast; an insurrection follows, and some tribes removing to Carolina make incursions into Florida......about 1681 Three galleys of Spaniards from St. Augustine break up the colony of Sco......1696 Don Joseph Cuniga, governor of St. Augustine......1701 St. Augustine besieged by a land expedition from Carolina under Colonel Daniel and a naval force under Governor Moore; two Spanish vessels appearing off the harbor, Governor Moor74 British vessel, The Betsy, from London, with 111 barrels of powder, captured off St. Augustine by a privateer from Carolina......August, 1775 Colonists at New Smyrna institute proceedings to annul their indentures, and, being successful, remsisting the perfidious insinuations of the neighboring colonies......1776 Sixty of the most distinguished citizens of Carolina are seized by the British and transported as prisoners to St. Augustine......1780 Governor Tonyn, owing to the state
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
een lat. 31° and 36° N., and westward to the ocean, granted by first charter of Charles II. to the lords proprietors of Carolina......March 24, 1663 A three years grant of lands between Savannah and Altamaha rivers obtained from lords proprietors of Carolina by Sir Robert Montgomery, Bart., who issues proposals for settlement of his province, the Margravate of Azilia ......1717 Montgomery fails to colonize and forfeits grant......1720 Lords proprietors of Carolina sell seveneighths of Carolina sell seveneighths of their grant to Parliament, and all south of Savannah River is reserved by British crown......1729 Lord Carteret, owner of one-eighth, sells it to trustees for establishing the colony of Georgia in America......Feb. 28, 1732 Trustees receive the near St. Augustine, defended by fifty-seven men, taken by Oglethorpe......May 10, 1740 Being joined at St. John's by Carolina troops, Oglethorpe marches upon Fort Moosa, which Spaniards evacuate and retreat to St. Augustine......May 15, 1740 F
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mississippi, (search)
sent State of Mississippi near the junction of the Tombigbee and Black Warrior rivers; crosses the Pearl in Leake county, and reaches the Indian village of Chickasaw......December, 1540 Indians attack and burn Chickasaw, which De Soto had fortified and occupied as winter quarters......February, 1541 De Soto reaches the Mississippi, which he crosses, probably within 30 miles of Helena, in boats built for the purpose......April, 1541 Mississippi included in the proprietary charter of Carolina......1663 Louis Joliet and Pere Jacques Marquette descend the Mississippi as far as lat. 33°......1673 La Salle descends the Mississippi to its mouth......1682 Lemoine d'iberville plants a colony on the bay of Biloxi......May, 1699 Iberville, Bienville, and Chevalier de Tonti ascend the Mississippi to the present site of Natchez......February, 1700 Fort Rosalie, at Natchez, erected by Bienville, governor of Louisiana, and completed......Aug. 3, 1716 Mississippi Company ch
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), North Carolina, (search)
and lay out a village called Charlestown, near the present site of Wilmington......May 29, 1665 Grant of March 20, 1663, enlarged and extended south to lat. 29°......June 30, 1665 [This enlarged grant comprised all North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, part of Florida and Missouri, nearly all of Texas, and a large portion of northern Mexico.] Governor Drummond dying, succeeded by Samuel Stephens......1667 Form of government for Carolina, known as fundamental constitutions, framed by John Locke, and amended by the Earl of Shaftesbury, partly put into operation, the first set bearing date......July 21, 1669 William Edmundson, a Quaker, sent out from Maryland by George Fox, preaches at the narrows of Perquimans River, where Hertford was afterwards built......1672 Governor Stephens dies and George Cartwright, speaker of the Assembly of Albemarle, succeeds in 1673, but resigns and is succeeded by Governor Eastchurch, repr
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