136 CH. V. 1699. His second visit. DELAWARE SEPARATED FROM PA. PT. II. 4. In 1699, Penn visited his colony. Finding grea PD. II. complaint and disaffection respecting the government, he granted, in 1701, a new and liberal charter. To the assembly, it gave the right of originating bills; to the governor the right of rejecting laws passed by the assembly, of appointing his own council, and of exercising the whole executive power. This charter was 1701. accepted by the assembly; although it did not satisfy Grants the discontents of the people. new pri- 5. The Territories, afterwards called DELAWARE, revileges. jected the charter altogether; and in 1703, they were allowed to form a separate assembly; Penn still apThe pointing the same governor, over both provinces. Territo- Having settled a government, which has given him the separate glory of being one of the greatest of lawgivers, Penn province. went to England, no more to visit his beloved province. The executive authority was administered by deputy governors appointed by himself. 1703. ries a 6. In the year 1716, the government of Maryland, 1716. which since the accession of William and Mary, had Lord been held by the crown, was restored to Lord Baltimore re- more, the proprietor. It continued in his hands, and instated those of his successors, until the American Revolution. Balti CHAPTER V. The Huguenots.-War with the Spaniards-Tuscaroras and 1. THE English settlers in Carolina, treated with French harshness and intolerance, the French Huguenots. al treat- They, on their part, bore this ill usage, with meekness and forbearance; so that after a few years, they were admitted to the privileges of citizens... John ed. 4. What in 1699? What in 1701? What powers were given by the charter? - 5. What is said of The Territories? What did Penn then do? 6. What happened in 1716? CHAPTER V.-1. Who were ill treated? By whom? How was their ill usage borne ? SOUTHERN INDIANS HOSTILE. 137 p›T. II. P'D. (I. Archdale, one of the proprietors, was sent, in 1695, as governor of North and South Carolina, with power to redress alleged grievances. Having restored order, cn. v. he left the country the next year. Rice in troduced 2. About this time a vessel from Madagascar, touching at Carolina, the captain presented Governor Arch- 1695. dale with a bag of seed rice, giving him, at the same time, instructions as to the manner of its culture. The froin seed was divided among several planters. From this accident arose the cultivation of this staple commodity of Carolina. 3. The proprietary governor, invested with arbitrary powers, resided in the southern province, and governed the northern by his deputy. But the deputy governor, though his powers were ample, could never execute them, beyond the limits of the peoples' will. Africa. Too much liberty in N. C. 1702. The first 4. On the breaking out of Queen Anne's war, an attempt was made by Governor Moore, of South Carolina, against the Spanish province of St. Augustine. The expedition was unsuccessful, and so heavy was the expense, that, to pay the debt incurred, the assem-currency bly, for the first time, resorted to the expedient of a paper currency. paper 5. The Spaniards, aided by the French, and com- 1706. manded by Le Feboure, in a fleet of five ships, next invasion Spanish invaded Charleston. Their attack was met with such repelled spirit, that they retired with loss. 1712 6. In 1712, the Tuscaroras, and other Indians of North Carolina, formed a horrible plot for exterminating the entire white population. They entered, by surprise, the houses of the poor Palatines of Germany, War who had recently settled on the Roanoke, and murdered many families. The remaining inhabitants, collecting into a camp, kept guard night and day, until aid could be received from South Carolina. 1. What was done by the proprietors? -2. How was the culture of rice introduced? 3. Where did the governor of the Carolinas reside? How did his deputy succeed in governing North Carolina? 4. What account can you give of the expedition against St. Augustine? What was done to defray the expense?-5. Give an account of the Spanish invasion?-6. What happened now to the northern province of Carolina ? with the Tuscaro 138 THE INDIANS CHASTISED. P'T. II. 7. That colony sent to their relief, six hundred P'D. II. militia, under Captain Barnwell. He penetrated the CH. V. wilderness, attacked the Indians, killed three hundred, They are and took one hundred prisoners. Those who surpursued vived, fled to the chief town of the Tuscaroras; but feated by here Barnwell's troops surrounded them. Barnwell. great losses, they sued for peace. The Tuscaroras soon after left their country, and united with the Iroquois; making the sixth nation of that confederacy. and de War After 8. In 1715, the Yamassees, instigated a combination of all the Indians from Florida to Cape Fear against South Carolina. The warriors of the Creeks, Appala1715. chians, Cherokees, and other tribes engaged, exceeded with the six thousand. The southern Indians fell suddenly on Yama- the traders settled among them, and, in a few hours, 8. C. ninety persons were massacred. Some of the inhabitants fled precipitately to Charleston, and gave the alarm. sees in Battle of 9. Formidable parties were also penetrating the northern frontier, and approaching Charleston. These were repulsed by the militia, but their route was markcatchers. ed by devastation. Governor Craven, at the head of twelve hundred men, marched towards the southern frontier, and overtook the strongest body of the enemy, The Ya- at a place called Saltcatchers, where a bloody battle was fought. The Indians were totally defeated, and Florida. driven from their territory. They were received by the Spaniards, and settled in Florida. Nearly four hundred of the Carolinians were slain in this war. masees settle in 10. The legislature, in the distressed condition of the colony, applied to the company for aid and protection, which was denied. For temporary relief, they Evils of next made large emissions of paper money. Directary gov tions were given, by the proprietors, to the governor, to reduce the quantity in circulation. The assembly then resolved to appropriate the lands, from which the proprie ernment. 7. Did the southern province make exertions? What did Capt. Barnwell? What became of the Tuscaroras?-8. What formidable combination was formed? Who were the instigators ? What was their force ? What was their first outbreak ? 9. How did they proceed? Where were they defeated? By whom? How many Carolinians were destroyed by these Indi ans? 10. What was done in the distress of the colony? REVOLUTION IN CAROLINA. 139 Indians had been driven; but the proprietors refused pt. 1 to sanction this necessary proceeding. They also P'D. II encouraged their officers in oppressive measures. CH. V. 11. The people were determined, no longer to submit to such tyranny. The governor, Johnson, was 1719. informed, that if he would rule under the king, he Carolini could retain his office, but not otherwise. Johnson ans re refused, and endeavored to suppress the spirit of revolt; choose a but it had diffused itself beyond his control; and, at governor last, the people elected Moore, governor of the province. volt an The crown 12. The colonists stated their situation by agents in England, when it was decided, that the proprietors had forfeited their charter; and that both the Carolinas should be taken under the royal protection. Nichol- appoints son, was appointed governor; and, early the following year, he arrived at Charleston, where he was received with every demonstration of joy. Nichol son. ministra 13. Peace was made between Great Britain and HIS Spain. Treaties were held with the Cherokees and good adCreeks, in which boundaries were settled. Governor tion. Nicholson encouraged literary institutions. S. Caro 14. The revolution was completed, by an agreement between the crown and seven of the proprietors; where1729. by, for a valuable consideration, they surrendered their N. and right and interest, not only in the government of these lina sepa provinces, but also in the soil. North and South Caro-rated lina were, at the same time, erected into separate governments. 10. How did the company of proprietors treat the people? 11. What were the people now resolved on? What did they let Gov. Johnson know? What reply receive? Whom did they elect? 12. What decision was made in England? Who was Bent as governor ?-13. How did he administer the govern ment? 14. How was this revolution in Carolina completed? 140 THE TWO BROTHERS. P'T. II. P'D. IL CHAPTER VI. Extension of the French Empire.-New France. 1. PENSACOLA was settled by three hundred Spaniards from Vera Cruz. Scarcely were they established, CH. VI. when a fleet, under Le Moine d'Iberville, a Canadian Frenchman, who had been distinguished as a discoverer 1699. Pensaco- and a warrior, appeared along their coast, carrying a settled. several hundred persons, mostly from Canada. 2. The company at first erected their huts on Ship Island, near the entrance of Lake Borgne.) After three weeks, d'Iberville proceeded with forty men, entered Feb. 3. the mouth of the Mississippi, and sailed up the stream, d'Iber- probably to Red river. On his return, he passed through ters the the bay, which bears his name, and the lakes which he ville en Miss. 1702. called Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the bay of St. Louis. On the small bay of Biloxi he erected a fort, and around it his few emigrants were planted. 3. Leaving them under the command of his brother, Mobile Bienville, he went to France. The climate proved founded. fatal to numbers, and in 1702, the chief fortress was transferred to the western bank of the Mobile, where was made the first European settlement in Alabama. 4. In 1716, Bienville went up the Mississippi, and 1716. built Fort Rosalie, on the site of Natchez,-the oldest Natchez European settlement of the grand valley, south of the founded. Illinois. False ideas of the wealth of Louisiana had been spread in France, for purposes of land speculation; and in 1718, three ships came over, bearing 1718. eight hundred emigrants, who founded a city, and in Orleans honor of the regent of France, named it New Orleans. By this occupancy, as well as by discovery, France laid claim to Louisiana. New founded. CHAPTER VI.-1. When was Pensacola settled? What feet soon appeared?-2. Where did the company first stop? Where did d'Iberville then go? Describe, and trace on the map, his route and return. Where were his emigrants planted?-3. With whom did he leave the command? To what place was the settlement transferred?-4. What was done in 1716? To what cause was the settlement of New Orleans owing? On what did France found her great claims? |