Some of the leading colonial politicians from this colony included the eventual second chief justice of the Supreme Court, Jay Rutledge and the members of the Pinckney family.
In 1771 the governor of this colony, Charles Greville Montagu, declared that it could not legislate until a new tax bill was passed and in 1715 the Yemasee indian tribe led an uprising against the colonists from this state. During the American Revolution this colony was the site of the Waxhaw massacre, where a group of Americans who had been offered quarter were then murdered by the forces of a notable Liverpudlian general. Some of the leading colonial politicians from this colony included the eventual second chief justice of the Supreme Court, Jay Rutledge and the members of the Pinckney family. For 10 points name this colony which saw the Revolutionary War Battle in which Banastre Tarleton's troops were defeated by the Daniel Morgan led Americans, Cowpens.
In 1771 the governor of this colony, Charles Greville Montagu, declared that it could not legislate until a new tax bill was passed and in 1715 the Yemasee indian tribe led an uprising against the colonists from this state.
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