Revolution of 1719

Revolution of 1719
Governor Johnson is confronted by Colonel Parris on East Bay Street on the morning of the putsch
Date	December 21, 1719
Location	Charleston, South Carolina
Goals	End of proprietary rule, establishment of a crown colony
Methods	Military coup
Parties
Lords Proprietors of South Carolina Charleston Militia
Lead figures
Governor Robert Johnson Col. James Moore, Jr. Col. Alexander Parris

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.