On this day 250 years ago, the South Carolina Provincial Congress met in Charles Town (now Charleston) and elected Henry Laurens President of the Congress. The South Carolina Congress requires all inhabitants of South Carolina to adhere to the Continental Association.

Cashin at p. 130; https://www.carolana.com/SC/Revolution/sc_revolution_provincial_government.html

Also on this day 250 years ago in Williamsburg, the Virginia House of Burgesses convenes to consider Lord North’s “Conciliatory Proposal.”

Source: Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-01-02-0106.