. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... and bloody struggle ensued. Thepower o- the savages was broken, Yemmassees were compelled to takerefuge in Florida, where they were providedfor by the Spaniards, and the other tribeswere driven farther westward. The contests between the proprietariesand the colonists now came to an end. Theproprietaries had made no effort to help thecolonists during their struggle with the In-dians, and the latter determined to have nomore to do with their former
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... and bloody struggle ensued. Thepower o- the savages was broken, Yemmassees were compelled to takerefuge in Florida, where they were providedfor by the Spaniards, and the other tribeswere driven farther westward. The contests between the proprietariesand the colonists now came to an end. Theproprietaries had made no effort to help thecolonists during their struggle with the In-dians, and the latter determined to have nomore to do with their former lords. Thedispute was carried before Parliament, whichbody declared that the proprietaries had for-feited their charter. In 1720 King George Francis Nicholson provisionalgovernor of Carolina. In 1729 the contro-versy was ended by the purchase of the pro-prietaries interests by the crown for the sumof one hundred and ten thousand thus became a royal province, andwas divided by the king into two separatestates, known respectively as North andSouth Carolina, to each of which a royalgovernor was CHAPTER XIX Settlement of Georgia General James Edward Oglethorpe—His Eflfbrts to Reform Prison Discipline of England—Proposes to Founda Colony in America for the Poor and for Prisoners for Debt—A Charter Obtained the King—Coloniza-tion of Georgia—Savannah Settled—First Years of the Colony—Labors of Oglethorpe—Arrival of NewEmigrants—Augusta Founded—The Moravian Settlements—The Wesleys in America—George Whitefield—War Between England and Spain—Oglethorpe Invades Florida—Failure of the Attack upon St. Augus-tine—The Spaniards Invade Georgia—Oglethorpes Stratagem—Its Success—Battle of Bloody Marsh —Close of the War—Charges Against Oglethorpe—His Vindication—Plis Return to Europe—Changes inthe Colonial Government—Introduction of Slavery into Georgia—Prosperity of the Colony. THE severe laws in
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