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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 13: (search)
n the governor. That affairs might be more firmly established, James Colleton, a brother of a proprietary, was appointed governor, with the rs between the contending parties were in no respect changed. When Colleton met the colonial 1686. Nov. parliament which had been elected befthe binding force of the constitutions; by a violent act of power, Colleton, like Cromwell in a similar instance in English history, excluded strife between the parties extended to all their relations. When Colleton endeavored to collect quit-rents, not Chap XIII.} 1687 only on cund his patrons, and entered on a career of absolute opposition. Colleton resolved on one last desperate effort, and, 1689 pretending dangeaw? The militia were the people, and there were no other troops. Colleton was in a more hopeless condition than ever; for the assembly belie1690 and Mary were proclaimed, a meeting of the representatives of South Carolina disfranchised Colleton, and banished him from the province.