Throughout my readings (writing my dissertation), I keep finding mention of Boston, Albany, Philadelphia, etc. I don't find much mention of any souther colonies until at least the mid-to-late 1770's. Were the southern colonies participants of any rebellion before 1775? If so - could you direct me to some reading? Especially on southern colony crowd behaviour. I get that they're not mentioned much, but I'm really curious why. Was it the Puritan divide? The differences in economy and trans-Atlantic trade? Both?
Thank you!
Georgia sent no representatives to the First Continental Congress. Also, England had recently acquired the colonies of East and West Florida. Those fourteenth and fifteenth colonies didn't join in the rebellion.
Sources:
http://m.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/revolutionary-war-georgia
The northern colonies were largely set up by corporate charters in which residents were shareholders. This gave them a high level of autonomy. Then the British crown revoked the charters, installed governors, and pushed Anglicanism. Also, the North fought King Phillip's War
Additionally, the northern colonies were largely established and governed by the professional and working classes while the south was based on minor English aristocracy (second sons and such) and their vassals.