A history of the American nation . inia and Maryland had passed throughdll the early experiences of settlement, and not until after_ strong and vigorous colonies had been made on the northeastern coast, were serious efforts madeto take possession of the region south of Virginia. In the timeof Charles II there came a burst of colonizing interest and energy,and soon after his coming to the throne he gave (1663) to eightof his favorites a grant of land. Two years later, by a newcharter, the boundaries were fixed at parallel 36° 30 on thenorth and 29° on the south—a vast principality stretchingwes
A history of the American nation . inia and Maryland had passed throughdll the early experiences of settlement, and not until after_ strong and vigorous colonies had been made on the northeastern coast, were serious efforts madeto take possession of the region south of Virginia. In the timeof Charles II there came a burst of colonizing interest and energy,and soon after his coming to the throne he gave (1663) to eightof his favorites a grant of land. Two years later, by a newcharter, the boundaries were fixed at parallel 36° 30 on thenorth and 29° on the south—a vast principality stretchingwestward across the continent. These men were then madethe true and absolute lords proprietors of the country;ind they were granted full and absolute power to makelaws according *to their best discretion . . with the advice,assent and approbation of the freemen. To grant this ab-solute power and then to couple it with the provision requiring THE SOUTHERN COLONIES—1607-1700 45 1 N 7^ R Q - * ^r^^ CO - . r ---^/ ^ -•CScar O. Grant of the Carolinas popular assent was like telling a man to run as fast as he wishes,provided he keep a ball and chain fastened to his legs. * The proprietors of this new dominion were among the mostimportant men in Eng-land. The The Proprietors, j^^^^ ^^ ^j_ bemarle was that Gen-eral Monk by whose in-strumentality Charleshad been brought backto the throne of hisfathers. The Earl ofClarendon had been amost faithful friend inthe days of exile. An-thony, Lord Ashley, after-ward. Earl of Shaftesbury,held at that time highofficial position, and wasconsidered the most astute politician in the kingdom. Heis the original of Achitophel in Drydens famous satire. Before the proprietors took steps to colonize Carolina,settlements had already been made within the limits of theirgrant. Some Virginians had settled on the Chowan became a permanent settlement, and was the beginningof North Carolina. Somewhat later colonists were sent overunder the auspice
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