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CHAPTER XXIV
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR WRIGHT ARRIVES—THOUGH EDUCATED IN ENG
LAND, A NATIVE OF SOUTH CAROLINA—DESTINED TO ENJOY GREAT
POPULARITY, TO RESTRAIN GEORGIA FROM ENTERING Too HASTILY
INTO THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE, TO BE MADE A BARONET OF
ENGLAND, AND TO BE THE FIRST AMERICAN HONORED WITH A BURIAL
IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY—PROSPERITY CONTINUES—DEATH OF KING
GEORGE II, FOB WHOM GEORGIA WAS NAMED—MANIFESTATIONS OF
SORROW FOLLOWED BY JOYFUL RECOGNITION OF KING GEORGE III—
GOVERNOR WRIGHT Is PLACED OFFICIALLY AT THE HELM—BECOMES
GOVERNOR WITH FULL POWERS—PLACES THE COLONY IN A STATE OF
DEFENSE AGAINST THE LIKELIHOOD OF AN INDIAN OUTBREAK—
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GRANT CRUSHES THE INDIAN UPRISING—
GEORGIA'S IMMUNITY FROM TROUBLE WITH THE INDIANS—IMPORTANT
CHANGES IN BRITISH AFFAIRS—ENGLAND, FLUSHED WITH VICTORY
OVER FRANCE, BECOMES INVOLVED IN A SUCCESSFUL WAR WITH
SPAIN—ACQUIRES FLORIDA—THE DISPUTED BOUNDARY LINE Is AT
LAST SETTLED—GEORGIA'S EXTREME SOUTHERN LIMIT Is FIXED AT
THE ST. MARY'S RIVER—KING GEORGE, TO REPLENISH His WASTED
EXCHEQUER, TAXES His AMERICAN COLONIES—THE NEFARIOUS
STAMP ACT—HOSTILE DEMONSTRATIONS IN GEORGIA—THE SONS OF
LIBERTY—TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION—THE SPEEDWELL
ARRIVES AT SAVANNAH WITH THE STAMPED PAPER—DIFFICULTIES
ENCOUNTERED IN LANDING ITS CARGO—No STAMPS SOLD IN GEORGIA
EXCEPT TO CLEAR VESSELS IN THE HARBOR—DRAMATIC EVENTS IN
SAVANNAH—THE STAMP ACT REPEALED—LEGISLATIVE TROUBLES—
THE KING'S COUNCIL Is LOYAL, BUT THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
REFUSES TO PAY FOR GEORGIA'S COERCION—THE LEGISLATURE Is DIS
SOLVED—DK. NOBLE WYMBERLEY JONES ELECTED SPEAKER OF THE
NEW HOUSE—JONATHAN BRYAN REMOVED FROM THE KING'S COUN
CIL—MORE TROUBLE FOR GOVERNOR WRIGHT, WHO LEAVES FOR ENG
LAND, WHERE HE Is KNIGHTED—JAMES HABERSHAM Is LEFT IN
CHARGE—LOYAL TO THE CROWN, SB STANDS FIRM—TWTICE VETOES
THE ELECTION OF DOCTOR JONES—GOVERNOR WEIGHT'S RETURN—
ACQUIRES A BODY OF LAND FROM THE INDIANS—ENGLAND RENEWS
HER TAXATION OF THE COLONIES, BUT REPEALS THEM AGAIN, RETAIN
ING ONLY THE DUT.Y ON TEA—REBELLION BREAKS OUT AFRESH—
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY—THE CHARTER OF MASSACHUSETTS RE
VOKED—GEORGIA'S SYMPATHY Is AROUSED—JONATHAN BRYAN "Is
AGAIN EXPELLED—PATRIOTS HOLD A MEETING IN SAVANNAH ON
JULY 27, 1774—DUE TO GOVERNOR WRIGHT's INFLUENCE, No DELE
GATES ARE SENT TO PHILADELPHIA—BUT DR. LYMAN HALL GOES TO
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