Why did colonists in South Carolina appeal to the King to become a royal colony?
They felt they had a close relationship with the King.
They wanted greater representation in the legislature.
O They wanted more royal control over the economy.
They felt the Lord Proprietors collected taxes but failed to protect them.
The Lords Proprietors had failed to help defend the colonists against French, Spanish, pirate and Indian attacks. LPs also did not want to sell land to the colonists.