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6. The pardoning power.
7. To adjourn, prorogue and dissolve the As- sembly.
8. Veto laws.
9. The collation of benefices.
b. The Council: Instruction of Burrington, (C. R. III, 90-93).
1. Relation to Crown: Oath.
2. Relation to Governor : Oath.
3. Administrative and lawmaking body.
c. The Lower House (Instruction of Burrington, C. R., III 93).
1. Representation.
2. Freehold suffrage.
3. Privileges of membership curtailed (Free-
. dom from arrest, adjournment without gov- ernor's consent, complete power over money bills).
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d. Form of Revenue Bills to express "granted or reserved to us our heirs and successors," etc .; auditing by British authorities.
e. No Bills of Credit valid unless law authorizing them referred to.
2. The Causes of Constitutional Controversy.
a. Powers of the Lower House exercised during the Proprietary period.
b. Demand for larger legislative privilege and popular control of the government.
REFERENCES : Raper, North Carolina, a Study in English Colonial Government, chs. II, III, IV; Cooke, The Governor, Council and Assembly in Colonial North Carolina, (James Sprunt Historical Publi- cation, vol. 12, No. I.)
SOURCES : Commission and Instructions of Burrington, (Colonial Records, Vol. III, passim.)
XIX. POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL CON- TROVERSIES, 1729-1765, I
1. The Governors (Burrington, Johnston, Dobbs).
a. Previous activity, character, and fitness for office of each.
2. Problems of the Land System.
a. Quit rents.
1. Instructions of the Crown (C. R. III, 144- 146: IV 8-10: 110-114).
2. Views of the Colonists (C. R. IV 20-22: 108-110).
3. Compromise of 1738 disallowed by Crown (C. R. IV, 415-416: 425-432 : 434-435).
4. Settlement of 1748; disallowed (C. R. V, 93-97).
5. Law of 1755 (C. R. V, 447-461).
6. Triumph of the Crown : Regulations through instructions after 1755.
b. Lord Granville's Share.
1. Origin of his claim.
2. Survey of 1743 and deeds of 1744 (C. R. IV, 655-663).
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3. Resulting problems (C. R. IV, Introduction). c. The McCulloch Grants (C. R. vol. IV, Introduction, 253-254: V, 770-782: VI, 773-774 : 996-998).
REFERENCES : Raper, North Carolina, a Study in English Colonial Government, pp. 38-60, 187-193, ch. 2; Ashe, History of North Carolina Vol. I, passim; Introduction to Colonial Records, Vols. III, IV, V.
SOURCES : Colonial Records, Vols. III, IV, V, passim.
XX. POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL CONTROVERSIES, 1729-1765, II
THE CURRENCY PROBLEM
1. Condition prior to Johnston's administration.
a. Proprietary issues ; Depreciation.
b. Failure of Redemption Tax of 1729 (C. R. IV 179).
c. Instructions of the Crown (C. R. III, 95, 498).
2. The Issue of 1735.
a. £40,000 to retire issue of 1729 to be redeemed in 1745; £12,500 for expenses with redemption tax.
b. Depreciation : 700 paper equal 100 sterling (C. R. IV, 225) ; 1000 to 100 (C. R. IV, 416).
c. The misappropriation.
3. The intercolonial war and the issue of 1748.
4. Taxation : Administration of the Revenue.
REFERENCES : Bullock, Essays in the Monetary History of the United States, pp. 125-155; Raper, North Carolina, a Study in English Colonial Government, pp. 125-139; The Finances of the North Carolina Colonists (Booklet VII, No. 2.)
XXI. POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL CONTROVERSIES, 1729-1765, III
THE UNARMED REBELLION OF 1746 AND THE SPANISH WAR OF 1748
1. Sectionalism.
a. Divergences of Albemarle and Bath.
b. Burrington and Johnston favor Bath; Reasons.
1. No tradition of opposition to the government.
2. Desire to build up a governor's party.
c: The program of Johnston.
1. The Assembly at Newbern (1746) and the Bill for a Capitol.
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2. The prorogation: the session at Wilming- ton; the Quorum; Newbern the Capitol; representation equalized.
d. Results; the Albemarle members refuse to partici- pate in the Government ; consequent weakness in revenue and court system.
2. The Spanish Invasion.
REFERENCES : Ashe, History of North Carolina, pp. 268-271; Colonial Records, Vol. IV, Preface, pp. XVIII-XX; Raper, North Carolina, A Study in English Colonial Government, passim.
XXII. POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL CONTROVERSIES, 1729-1765, IV
THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVISIONS OF 1754-1759
1. Adjustment of Representation and the Capital.
2. Organization of counties and towns.
3. The Quorum.
4. The Judiciary.
a. The Source of Justice ; the Assembly and the Crown.
b. The Law of 1746 set aside.
c. The deadlock of 1759-60; Short term Court Laws.
REFERENCES : Raper, North Carolina, a Study in Royal Government, passim; Ashe, History of North Carolina, I, 284-5: 296-7; Preface to Colonial Records, Vol. V.
SOURCES : Colonial Records, V, 81-93: 115-117, passim.
XXIII. POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL CONTROVERSIES, 1729-1765, V
THE FRENCH AND THE INDIAN WAR
1. Causes of the War.
2. The Crisis of 1754.
a. The appeal of Governor Dinwiddie.
b. Regiment and £40,000 voted.
c. First contribution of a colony to the interest of all colonies.
3. Colonel James Innes and the Expedition of 1754-5.
4. Governor Dobbs and the West.
5. The Indian Rising of 1759.
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6. Other Contributions of North Carolina in the War.
7. New issues of Paper Money.
a. Bills of 1754 and 1760-61.
b. Treasury notes (1756, 1757, 1758-59, 1768).
8. Constitutional Issues resulting from the war.
a. Right of the Lower House to control and direct expenses.
1. 1754 (C. R. V, 287).
2. The British Indemnity Fund.
4. The Appointment of the Treasurer.
b. Significance of the constitutional controversy dur- ing the War; sense of colonial rights intensified.
REFERENCES : Ashe, History of North Carolina, I, 282-284 : 289-292; Waddell, A Colonial Officer, chs. I, II; Raper, North Carolina, A Study in English Colonial Government, passim; Introduction to Colonial Records, Vol. V.
SOURCES : Colonial Records, Vol. V, passim.
XXIV. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1729-1775, I
DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOWER CAPE FEAR
1. Geographical and strategic importance of the Cape Fear River.
2. Causes which checked early development.
a. Failure of the County of Clarendon ..
b. "The Cape of Fear."
c. The Pirates.
d. Indians.
e. Closing the land office.
3. Influences leading to permanent settlement.
a. Governor Burrington and the Moores.
4. Brunswick (1725).
5. Newtowne.
a. The Governor's dislike of Brunswick.
b. Harbor.
c. Incorporation as Wilmington (1740) ; the vote and the charter.
6. Life on the Lower Cape Fear.
a. Leading families.
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c. Plantations.
7. Fort Johnston.
REFERENCES : Connor, Cornelius Harnett and the Settlement of the Cape Fear (South Atlantic Quarterly, July, 1907) ; McKoy, Incidents of the Early and Permanent Settlement of the Cape Fear (Booklet, January, 1908) ; Waddell, History of New Hanover County, passim; George Davis, Address on the Early Times and Men of the Cape Fear ; Sprunt, Tales of the Lower Cape Fear; Hamilton, Fort Johnston (N. C. Reviews, June, 1911).
SOURCES : Letters and Documents relating to the Early History of the Cape Fear (Sprunt Historical Monographs, No. 4.)
XXV. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1729-1775, II
THE HIGHLAND SCOTCH AND THE UPPER CAPE FEAR
1. Causes of the Scotch Immigration.
a. Economic.
b. Political; the revolt of 1745; defeat at Culloden, terms after the battle.
c. Influence of Governor Johnston.
d.
Privileges of 1740 (C.R. IV, 489-490: 532-533).
2. Method of Immigration : Groups and clans.
a. Earliest settlement (1729).
b. Dugald McNeal and the immigration of 1739.
c. The battle of Culloden ; increase of immigration.
3. Places of Settlement : Cross Creek, Campbellton.
4. Social Characteristics.
a. Dress.
b. Language.
c. Occupation.
5. Flora McDonald.
REFERENCES : Foote, Sketches of North Carolina, chs. X, XII; McRae, The Highland-Scotch Settlement in North Carolina, (Booklet, February, 1901) ; North Carolina Day Programme 1905; McLean, Flora MacDonald in America; Ashe, History of North Carolina, 265- 266
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XXVI. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1729-1775, III
THE SCOTCH IRISH
1. Origin of the Scotch Irish.
a. Strathclyde.
b. Migration to Ireland.
2. Causes of Migration to North Carolina.
a. Religious.
b. Economic.
3. How they reached North Carolina.
a. Philadelphia and Charleston.
b. Search for new lands.
c. Zone of settlements.
4. Economic and Social Characteristics.
a. System of labor.
b. Professions.
c. Religion.
REFERENCES : Foote, Sketches of North Carolina, chs, IV, VII, IX; McKelway, The Scotch Irish Settlement, (Booklet, March, 1905) ; North Carolina Day Programme, 1907; Hanna, Scotch Irish in Ameri- ca : Roosevelt, Winning of the West, Vol. I, ch. 5; Lecky, Ireland in the Eighteenth Century, I, 171-240; 422-465.
XXVII. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1729-1775, IV
THE QUAKERS
1. Quaker Immigration to the East.
2. The Quaker Immigration to the West.
a. Source and causes.
3. Quaker Settlements.
4. Social and Political Characteristics.
REFERENCES : Weeks, Southern Quakers and Slavery, passim; Peele, Rich Square Meeting, (Papers of the Trinity College Historical Society, Series, VI) ; Bryan, Social Traits of the Quakers of Rich Square, (Papers of the Trinity College Historical Society, Series, VII, VIII); White, The Quakers of Perquimans, (Booklet, April, 1908).
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XXVIII. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1729-1775, V
THE GERMANS
1. Conditions on the Rhine and in southwest Germany lead- ing to immigration.
a. The wars.
b. Religious conditions.
c. Economic conditions.
2. How the Germans reached North Carolina.
a. Redemptioners : Philadelphia and Charleston.
b. The intercolonial migration.
c. The zone of settlement.
3. Characteristics of the Germans.
a. Labor.
b. Contribution to agriculture and industries.
c. Language.
d. Attitude toward politics.
e. Religion.
REFERENCES : Faust, The German Element in the United States, I, ch. III, pp. 228-231, vol. IV, ch. II; Bernheim, The German. Element and the Lutheran Church in the Carolinas, chs. I, II; German Palatines (North Carolina Booklet, April, 1905) ; North Carolina Day Pro- gramme, 1908; Nixon, The German Settlers of Lincoln and Catawba Counties (James Sprunt Historical Publications, Vol. XI, No. 2.)
XXIX. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1729-1775, VI
THE MORAVIAN BRETHREN
1. Origin and history of the Moravians.
a. The Unitas Fratrum (1457).
b. Separation from Catholicism (1467).
c. Persecution and activities (to 1725).
. 1. Literary works.
2. Poland : Prussia.
3. "The Hidden Seed" in Moravia.
d. Re-establishment of the Unitas Fratrum.
1. Count Zinzendorf of Saxony.
2. England.
3. Pennsylvania and Georgia.
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2. Religious Ideals and Methods.
a. Evangelical.
· b. Missions.
c. Work within established church (Diaspora).
d. Members.
3. Causes of the Migration to North Carolina.
a. Need of larger resources.
b. Religious persecution in Europe.
4. The Contract with Lord Granville (1751). a. The Journey of Bishop Spangenburg.
b. Location of Wachovia.
5. The Coming of Colonists (1753).
a. Route.
b. Early activities.
c. Towns; Bethabara, Bethania, Salem.
REFERENCES : Clewell, History of Wachevia, chs. I-VIII; North Caro- lina Review, November, 1911; Reichel, The Moravians of North Caro- lina; Fries, Forsythe County; idem, Der North Carolina Land und Colonie Etablishment (Booklet, April, 1910) Encyclopedias under Moravians.
SOURCES : Diary of Bishop Spangenburg (Colonial Records, V. 1-14; Reichel (?), Appendix, 1144-1163.)
XXX. RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT, 1729-1775, I
RISE OF PRESBYTERIANS
1. Early Presbyterians of the Albemarle section.
2. North Carolina a Mission Field.
a. Highland Scotch and Scotch Irish without pastors.
b. The Presbyteries of New Castle and New Hanover.
c. Nassau Hall (Princeton) and its influence.
d. Educational activities.
3. Early Ministers and Churches of the Highland Scotch. a. James Campbell.
4. Pastors and Churches of the Scotch Irish.
a. Hugh McAden.
b. Alexander Craighead.
c. Henry Patillo.
d. David Caldwell.
REFERENCES : Foote, Sketches of North Carolina, ch. IV., pp. 131-135; chs. XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII; Vann, History of the Presbyterian
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church at New Bern; Caruther's Life of Caldwell; Historic Centre church, (Charlotte Observer, November 13, 1911) ; Douglas, History of Steele Creak church, Mecklenburg County; Mckay, Centenary Sermon delivered before the Presbytery of Fayetteville (1858) ; Banks, Cen- tenial Historical Address delivered before the Presbytery of Fayette- ville (1858) ; Phillips, Historical Sketch of the Presbyterian church of Fayetteville, (1889) ; Colonial Records, Vol. V. Appendix, pp. 1193- I228.
XXXI. RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT, 1729-1775, II COMING OF THE BAPTISTS
1. Early Baptists of the Albemarle section.
a. First Notice (1695).
b. Perquimmans Church on Chowan River (1727) ; (The Earliest Baptist congregation organized in North Carolina in N. C. Hist. and Geneological Register, April, 1900). Paul Palmer.
c. Kehukee Church (1742).
d. Irregularities of the Albemarle Baptists.
e. The Philadelphia Association and John Gano. .
2. The Yadkin Baptists.
a. The "New Jersey Settlement."
b. Pennsylvania Immigrants.
3. The New Lights.
a. The New England Revival.
b. The Separatists and Regulars.
c. Mission of Rev. Shubal Stearns.
1. Sandy Creek Church.
2. Sandy Creek Association (1758).
4. The Kehukee Association (1765).
5. Characteristics of early Baptists in North Carolina.
a. New England element.
b. Migration by Congregations.
c. Religious views and customs.
REFERENCES : Purefoy's History of the Sandy Creek Association, chs. III, IV, VI; Biggs, History of the Kehukee Association, chs. I, II; Benedict, History of the Baptists; Morgan Edwards, History of the Baptists; Williams, History of the Baptists in North Carolina, chs. III-VI; The Baptists Historical Papers, Vol. I, Nos. 2, 3, 4; Vol, II, Nos. I, 2.
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XXXII. RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT, 1729-1775, III THE LUTHERAN AND GERMAN REFORM CHURCHES
1. Early German Settlers without Pastors.
2. First Lutheran Congregations and Churches : St. Johns, Salisbury ; Organ Church, Rowan County ; St. Johns, Cabarrus County.
3. The first Lutheran pastors.
a. Application to Consistory of Hanover for pastors (1772).
b. Revs. Adolph Nussman and J. G. Arndt.
c. Effect of the Revolution; the University of Helm- stadt and the N. C. Lutherans.
d. The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina (1803).
4. The German Reformed.
REFERENCES : Bernheim, German Settlements and the Lutheran church in the Carolinas, passim; History of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina (passim) ; Historical Sketch of the Reformed church in North Carolina.
XXXIII. RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT, 1729-1775, IV
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
1. The Vestry Laws of 1715 and 1741.
a. Parishes.
b. Vestries.
1. Eccleasiastical duties.
2. Civil functions.
c. Church taxes, general and local.
d. Later laws regarding the Church.
2. Slow Growth of the Church of England.
a. Lack of organization ; the Society for the Propoga- tion of the Gospel; the Bishop of London.
b. Character of the clergy.
c. Increase of Dissenters blocks the Vestry Law (C. R. vol. VI, 595; VII, 241).
d. Royal Prerogative vs. Colonial Rights.
1. The colonial churchmen assert right of ap- pointing the clergy and control of their churches vs. the Crown and the Bishop of
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3. Discrimination against the Dissenters.
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a. Principle of the Schism Act of 1714 embodied in the instructions to the Governors (Weeks, 23-25 : 32 :39-41).
b. Marriage ( Weeks, 42-46).
c. Militia (Weeks, 46-47).
REFERENCES : Weeks, Church and State in North Carolina (Johns Hopkins Studies, series XI, No. 5) ; De Rossett, (Editor), Sketches of Church History in North Carolina, pp. 58-90; Haywood, Lives of the Bishops of North Carolina, ch. I; Oliver, The Society for the Propa- gation of the Gospel in Colonial North Carolina, (Sprunt Historical Publication, Vol. IX, No. I.)
XXXIV. RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT, 1729-1775, V PIONEERS OF METHODISM
1. Joseph Pilmoor.
2. The Revival of 1774 in Virginia extends to North Carolina.
a. Robert Williams and Thomas Rankin.
3. Carolina Circuit (1776) becomes Roanoke Circuit (1778) ; Tar River and New Hope (1779).
4. Methodism checked by the Revolution.
a. Wesley's Letters.
b. Many Methodist Pioneers Englishmen.
c. Experiences of Jesse Lee (Thrift, Memoirs of Jesse Lee, p. 29).
5. Some First Things in North Carolina Methodism (Gris- som, Papers of the Trinity College Historical Society, Series IX).
REFERENCES : Grissom, History of Methodism in North Carolina, chs. II, III, IV; Some First Things in North Carolina Methodism, (Papers of the Trinity College Historical Society, Series IX) ; Lee, Short History of the Methodists in the United States of America, passim; Moore, Pioneers of Methodism in North Carolina and Vir- ginia; Burkhead (Editor), Centennial of Methodism in North Caro- lina.
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XXXV. EDUCATION IN COLONIAL TIMES
1. Predominance of Religious Motives.
2. Schools of the Church of England.
a. Charles Griffin and Rev. James Adams.
b. The New Bern Academy (1764) and the Edenton Academy (1770).
3. The Presbyterian Schools.
a. Crowfield.
b. "Caldwell's Log College."
c. Queen's Museum.
4. The Methodist School on the Yadkin (Davie County).
5. The German Schoolmasters.
6. Public Education Foreshadowed.
a. The Innes and Winwright Wills.
b. Movement for Public Support of Schools (1749).
REFERENCES : Raper, Church and Private Schools in N. C., passim ; Smith, History of Education in N. C., passim, and Schools in Colonial Times (N. C. Booklet, April 1909) ; Foote, Sketches of N. C. Ch. XXV.
SOURCES : Coon, Documentary History of Public Education in N. C. Vol. I.
XXXVI. LITERATURE IN COLONIAL DAYS
1. Printers and Printing Presses.
a. James Davis.
b. Andrew Steuart.
c. The office of public printer.
2. The First Books.
a. "Swan's Revisal"; Hall's Collection of Many Christian Experiences (1753).
3. The Newspapers.
a. The North Carolina Gazette (1755).
b. The North Carolina Magazine or Universal Intelli- gencer (1764).
c. The North Carolina Gazette and Post Boy (1764).
d. The Cape Fear Mercury (1769).
4. Miscellaneous Books.
REFERENCES : Weeks, The Press of North Carolina in the Eighteenth Century ; Libraries and Literature in North Carolina in the Eighteenth Century.
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XXXVII. TERRITORIAL EXPANSION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
1. The New Counties.
a. From 1729 to 1775.
2. County Government.
a. The appointment of officials.
b. The Courts.
c. Representation in the Assembly.
1. Rivalry of old and new counties ; the West.
3. The New Towns
a. Cross Creek becomes Campbellton : Fayetteville.
b. Corbinton; Childsburg; Hillsboro.
c. Salisbury Township (1733) : Borough (1770).
d. Charlotte.
4. Town Government.
a. The Borough Charters.
b. Officers.
c. Citizenship.
d. Representation.
REFERENCES : Wheeler, History of North Carolina, p. 138 or N. C. Day Program, 19II (for new counties) ; Nash, Borough Towns of North Carolina (Booklet, October, 1906) ; Rumple, History of Rowan County; Nash, Hillsboro Colonial and Revolutionary, and History of Orange County (Booklet October, 1910) ; Tompkins, History of Meck- lenburg County; Alexander, History of Mecklenburg County; Fries, History of Forsythe County; Guess, County Government in Colonial . Nor h Carolina (Sprunt H!': torical Publication, Vol. XI, No. I.)
SOURCES : Laws of North Carolina, passim.
XXXVIII. THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN BOUNDARIES
1. The Controversy Concerning the Virginia Line.
a. Boundary provisions of the Charters.
b. Conflicting claims : attitude of Virginia.
c. The Boundary Commission of 1728.
2. The South Carolina Boundary.
a. The Line of 1736 (S. R. XI, 149).
b. The Line of 1763.
c. The Instructions of 1771: The Line of 1772.
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SOURCES : Colonial Records, II, pp. 733-757 : 776-815; Byrd's History of the Dividing Line in Bassett, Writings of William Byrd.
REFERENCES : Ashe, History of North Carolina, I, 216; McCrady, South Carolina under Royal Government, 110-113; Prefaces to Colonial Records, Vols. II, VII, IX.
XXXIX. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
1. Growth of Population, 1729-1775; 36000 (1730) ; 1752; 75,000.
2. Development of Commerce.
a. Direct Trade with England.
b. Commercial relations with Virginia and New Eng- land.
c. Trade of the interior: Charleston, Philadelphia, Campbellton.
3. Typical Industries.
a. Tobacco.
b. Naval stores.
5. Slavery.
a. Source.
. b. Numbers, distribution.
c. The Law of slavery.
1. Code of 1741.
2. Other laws.
5. The Indented Servants; Laws of 1715 and 1741.
REFERENCES : Bassett, Servitude in the Colony of North Carolina (Johns Hopkins Studies, Series XIV, Nos. IV, V) ; Pittman, Industrial Life in Colonial Carolina, (Booklet, July, 1907) ; Grimes, Notes on Colonial North Carolina, (Booklet, October, 1905); Raper, Life in Colonial North Carolina (Booklet, Vol. III, No. 5) ; Preface to Col- onial Records, Vol. VIII, pp. XLV-XLVIII.
XL. POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES 1765-1771, I
ADMINISTRATION OF TRYON-THE STAMP ACT
1. Character and experience.
a. Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1764; Gov- ernor, 1765.
2. Plans for Improvement of the Province.
a. Post roads (C. R. VI, 1057-60; 1299-1300).
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c. Interest in education and religion (C. R. VII, 103- 104).
3. The Stamp Act on the Cape Fear.
a. First demonstrations against the Stamp Act (Octo- ber 19 and November 16, 1765).
b. The November Conference (November 18th).
1. Conciliatory proposals of Tryon.
2. Reply.
- c. The "Diligence" unable to land the stamps (Novem- ber, 28, 1765).
d. Resistance to the enforcement of the Stamp Act (February, 1766).
1. The Stamp Act Association (C. R. VII, 168).
2. Release of merchant vessels obtained.
3. Certain officials intimidated.
e. Tryon's policy ; no meeting of the Assembly ; writes for assistance.
f. Repeal of the Stamp Act.
g. Leaders of the opposition to the Stamp Act.
REFERENCES : Haywood, Governor William Tryon, chs. I, II, III; Waddell, A Colonial Officer, ch. 3; Ashe, History of North Carolina, Vol. I, 312-325; Connor, Life of Cornelius Harnett, ch. III; Makers of North Carolina History, ch. VII; Waddell, Stamp Act on the Cape Fear, (N. C. Booklet, Vol. I, No. 3); Davis, Stamp Act on the Cape Fear, (N. C. Day Prog. 1908.)
SOURCES : Colonial Records, Vol. VII, passim.
XLI. POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES 1765-1771, II
ADMINISTRATION OF TRYON (CONTINUED) WAR OF THE REGULATORS
1. Conflicting views of the nature of the War of the Regu- lation.
2. Causes of the Regulation Movement.
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b. The system of local government.
c. Scarcity of money.
d. The fees and their collection.
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e. Taxation.
f. Congestion of court dockets.
3. Agitators and Popular Leaders.
a. Herman Husbands.
b. James Hunter.
c. Rednap Howell.
d. Thomas Person.
4. Unpopular Officials.
a. Edmund Fanning.
b. John, William, and Thomas Frohock.
5. The Sandy Creek Organization (1766) ; (C. R. VII, 249, 251, 252).
6. The Regulation (1768).
a. Origin of name.
b. Immediate cause of organization.
c. Early acts of violence.
d. Policy of Tryon.
1. Petition of Regulators (C. R. VII, 806-809).
2. Visit to Hillsboro.
3. The militia and trials (1769).
7. Discontent in other parts of the Province.
a. New members in Assembly of 1769 and reform spirit.
8. Rising of the Regulators, 1770.
a. Scenes at Hillsboro Court (September 22).
b. The Riot Bill.
c. Tryon's campaign; battle of Alamance; fate of the leading Regulators.
9. Significance of the Regulator Movement.
a. A Protest against local laws.
b. Relation to parties in the Revolution.
REFERENCES : Bassett, The Regulators of North Carolina, (Reports of the American Historical Association, 1894) ; Nash, Hillsboro Colonial and Revolutionary, pp. 11-30; Haywood, William Tryon, chs. VI, VII, VIII; Ashe, History of North Carolina, I, 326-329: 336-376; Waddell, Hugh Waddell, A Colonial Officer, ch. 4; Hawks, Battle of the Ala- mance and the war of the Regulation (Cooke, Revolutionary History of North Carolina) ; Jones, Defense of North Carolina, pp. 34-56; Caruthers, Life of Caldwell, passim; Williamson, History of North Carolina; Martin, History of North Carolina.
SOURCES : Colonial Records, Vol. VII; Hoyt, Murphy Papers, I,
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200-203, II, 204; Husbands, "Impartial Relation" (Wheeler's History, pp. 301-331) ; Fan for Fanning and a Touchstone for Tryon, (N. C. University Magazine, Vol. VIII) ; Sermon Rev. Micklejohn, (Booklet, Vol. VIII, No. 1).
XLII. BEGINNING OF THE WESTWARD MIGRATION
1. Causes.
a. Adventure.
b. Desire for New Lands.
c. General Political and Economic conditions.
2. Daniel Boone.
3. The Watauga Settlement.
a. James Robertson.
b. The Watauga Association.
c. Relation with the Indians.
d. The Revolution and the formal union with North Carolina.
4. Richard Henderson and the Transylvania Company (1774).
a. Treaty of Sycamore Shoals (1775).
b. James Robertson and John Donalson found Nash- borough (1780) ; Nashville (1784).
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c. The Cumberland Association; Davidson County (1783).
d. The Davidson Academy (1785).
REFERENCES : Boyd, Early Relations of North Carolina and the West (Booklet, January, 1908) ; Roosevelt, Winning of the West, Vol. I, chs. VI, VII: Vol. II, chs. XI, XII; Phelan, History of Tennessee, chs. II-V; XIII-XV; Putnam, History of Middle Tennessee or Life and Times of General James Robertson; Haywood, Civil and Political History of Tennessee; Caldwell, Constitutional History of Tennessee, chs. II, III; Thwaites, Daniel Boone; Bruce, Daniel Boone and the Wilderness Road; Clark, The Colony of Transylvania, (Booklet, Jan., 1904).
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