NORTH CAROLINA

Andy Qin Nathan Taylorand

LOCATION AND GEOGRAPHY

Located on the East Coast North of South Carolina and south of

Virginia Coastal Plains, Piedmont (Rolling Hills),

and Mountains Climate and soil were great for farming year round, with hot summers and mild winters

REASONS FOR COLONIZATION

Roanoke was founded on Roanoke island in North Carolina as land for England in 1587 but failed

Virginians started settling Carolina in 1653 as an expansion to Virginia, hoping to find wealth

People colonized Carolina for the perfect climate for growing cash crops

Carolina split into two colonies in 1729, forming North and South Carolina

FOUNDER

Founded first by Sir Walter Raleigh first as the Roanoke Colony, which ultimately failed

North Carolina was later founded by Virginians

King Charles II issued a charter to 8 nobles to settle the land that was west of Carolina in 1663

DATE IT WAS FOUNDED

Roanoke founded on July 22, 1587

First permanent settlement was founded in 1655

King Charles gave 8 Nobles the land of Carolina in 1663

In 1729, Carolina split into 2, North Carolina and South Carolina

CAPITAL

The Capital of North Carolina was New Bern

Moved to Raleigh in 1794

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE

Economy revolved around the before mentioned cash crops

Could grow rice, tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, and indigo all the time due to good climate

Crops would be shipped out to places that had a hard time growing crops in the summer/winter when it was not growing season, like Europe and the Middle/New England Colonies

RELIGION

The main religious group was the Quakers The Quakers were also the people that came to North

Carolina and established the first colonies there Many attempts were made to build Anglican churches,

but they failed The Quakers belief in nonviolence became a problem in

the eighteen hundreds when the Indians, Americans, British and the French all had a war in America

Because the Quakers were anti-violence, they could not rebel and fight back when the war moved to North Carolina. The Quakers lost their political and religious views

CIVICS

The King sent eight allies of his to Carolina to get land and also run the colony

They received a salary from the King and were also granted lots of land

These people were called proprietors. The proprietors helped pay for the establishment and maintenance of the Proprietorship, and the governors salary.

Carolina eventually split into two, North and South Carolina, because Carolina was too big to be governed by one body and governor

PROS AND CONS

Pros Great climate for farming Mild winters Great terrain for cash crops

Cons Hot, humid summers spread

disease Mountains were hard to

settle/traverse Winters were not that cold,

but were very wet

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