Vol. I Chapter 15
The Glorious Revolution and its Aftermath
In 1688, Marylanders were fearful of Catholic plots, mirroring the efforts of Catholic James II to retake the throne. In 1691, the Protestant King William agreed to end the proprietary. But in 1715, proprietorship was regranted to the Baltimore family who had turned Protestant. The Anglican church was established, but religious toleration was granted except for Catholics. Catholics were heavily persecuted. People were forced to take a Test Oath denouncing Catholic beliefs.
North Carolina threw out Seth Sothel, who went to South Carolina where he was one-eighth owner. James Colleton became governor there and clamped down on the population, using martial law, collecting back quitrents, denying freedom of speech, and monopolizing trade with the Indians. Sothel led a rebellion a year later.
John Archdale, a Quaker, became governor of the Carolinas in 1695. He liberalized the Indian trade, ended the kidnapping of Indians for use as slaves, and granted amnesty for quitrents in arrears. A succeeding governor, Joseph Blake, granted full civil rights to the large Huguenot population and liberty for other Dissenters (but not Catholics), who made up a large part of the colony.
Fights about enforcing the Navigation Act and collecting quitrents continued. The proprietors got a dwindling amount of pay since most rents were absorbed in paying local officials, and because of a lack of enforcement. In 1706, the Anglican church was established in South Carolina by disqualifying the Dissenter majority from the Assembly so the law could pass. Similarly in North Carolina, establishment passed by disqualifying the Quaker majority in the Assembly. More rebellion and struggles led to the end of proprietaries in the Carolinas by 1730.
North Carolina grew rapidly during this time. Persecution of the Indians resumed, with a bounty for scalps and more slavery.
In 1688, Marylanders were fearful of Catholic plots, mirroring the efforts of Catholic James II to retake the throne. In 1691, the Protestant King William agreed to end the proprietary. But in 1715, proprietorship was regranted to the Baltimore family who had turned Protestant. The Anglican church was established, but religious toleration was granted except for Catholics. Catholics were heavily persecuted. People were forced to take a Test Oath denouncing Catholic beliefs.
North Carolina threw out Seth Sothel, who went to South Carolina where he was one-eighth owner. James Colleton became governor there and clamped down on the population, using martial law, collecting back quitrents, denying freedom of speech, and monopolizing trade with the Indians. Sothel led a rebellion a year later.
John Archdale, a Quaker, became governor of the Carolinas in 1695. He liberalized the Indian trade, ended the kidnapping of Indians for use as slaves, and granted amnesty for quitrents in arrears. A succeeding governor, Joseph Blake, granted full civil rights to the large Huguenot population and liberty for other Dissenters (but not Catholics), who made up a large part of the colony.
Fights about enforcing the Navigation Act and collecting quitrents continued. The proprietors got a dwindling amount of pay since most rents were absorbed in paying local officials, and because of a lack of enforcement. In 1706, the Anglican church was established in South Carolina by disqualifying the Dissenter majority from the Assembly so the law could pass. Similarly in North Carolina, establishment passed by disqualifying the Quaker majority in the Assembly. More rebellion and struggles led to the end of proprietaries in the Carolinas by 1730.
North Carolina grew rapidly during this time. Persecution of the Indians resumed, with a bounty for scalps and more slavery.
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