| Revolution of 1719 | |||
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 Governor Johnson is confronted by Colonel Parris on East Bay Street on the morning of the putsch | |||
| Date | December 21, 1719 | ||
| Location | |||
| Goals | End of proprietary rule, establishment of a crown colony | ||
| Methods | Military coup | ||
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| Lead figures | |||
Governor Robert Johnson Col. James Moore, Jr. | |||
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The Revolution of 1719 was a bloodless military coup in the Province of South Carolina which resulted in the overthrow of the Lords Proprietors and the installation of Colonel James Moore, Jr. as the colony's de facto ruler, a post he held until 1721.
Popular discontent with the inefficiencies of proprietary rule, exacerbated by the Yamasee War of 1715-1717, has been cited as the precipitating cause of the Revolution of 1719.
The Revolution of 1719 led to the permanent end of proprietary rule in South Carolina and its recreation as a crown colony under a royal governor. It foreshadowed events 56 years later when — in September 1775 — royal governor Lord William Campbell was compelled to flee South Carolina due to growing civil unrest on the eve of the American Revolution.