Class ReadingAs a class Read NC Textbook Pages 76 -77

“The Carolina Colony”

After you read, copy the notes in this Power Point, (mostly white) on notebook paper.

Chapter 3 The Carolina Colony

Morgan J. BurrisSocial Studies TeacherLexington City Schools

First Europeans in NC

Most early settlers came from Virginia

To Albemarle Sound area – Tobacco farmers.

Second Group from Barbados (Caribbean)Settled along Cape Fear River – Sugar

Plantations, eventually failed.

Moved south to mouth of Ashley RiverEstablished city of Charles Town (after King)

Finally settled on cash crop – Rice (called Carolina Gold) because it grew so well.

Thousands of African slaves were brought in to work rice plantations. Many more than in NC.

Became Major shipping portDeep water harbor that northern coastline lacked.

Wealthiest Carolina city

Carolina Economy

Albemarle Sound AreaTobaccoVast Pine Forest – timberCows and Pigs

Sold timber and food to Caribbean Plantations.Copy

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Albemarle Sound Area

Most colonists lived near coast or along major rivers.

Floated goods and crops to coast due to poor roads (too many trees!).

CHECK POINT

What part of the Carolinas did most people settle?A.MountainsB. PiedmontC. Coastal Plain

CHECK POINT

From what colony did farmers move South from to colonize Carolina?A.MarylandB. VirginiaC. New YorkD.Georgia

CHECK POINT

Why did most people move their goods by water?A. Poor roadsB. Heavy cargoC. Too many trees in wayD. All of these

Hogsheads of TobaccoForsyth County, NC

A barrel called a hogshead was used to ship tobacco to England. A hogshead was one type of container made by a cooper. By law, it was 48" tall and 30" across the head (either end.) It held 1,000 - 1,500 pounds of tobacco. Numbers burned into the side of the

barrel indicated the weight of the barrel alone (tare weight), the weight of both the barrel and the tobacco (gross weight), and the

weight of the tobacco only (net weight.)

A craftsman who made barrels was called a “Cooper”.

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Naval Stores – Huge coastal industryTimber for building shipsTar and Pitch for water sealingBest customer was British Navy!

Even though NC had shallow harbors, our naval stores were a huge industry supplying the British Navy during 1700’s (who had the world’s largest navy at that time = $$$$$

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One theory on origin of Tarheel….

In its early years as a colony, North Carolina settlements became an important source of the naval stores, tar, pitch, and turpentine, especially for the British navy. Tar and pitch were largely used to paint the bottom of wooden British ships both to seal the ship and to prevent shipworms from damaging the hull.[4]

At one time, an estimated 100,000 barrels (16,000 m3) of tar and pitch were shipped annually to England.[1] After 1824, North Carolina became the leader in the United States for naval stores.[5] By the Civil War, North Carolina had more than 1600 turpentine distilleries, and two thirds of all turpentine in the United States came from North Carolina and one-half from the counties of Bladen and New Hanover.[5]

Historians Hugh Lefler and Albert Newsome claim in North Carolina: the History of a Southern State (3rd edition, 1973) that North Carolina led the world in production of naval stores from about 1720 to 1870.[6]

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CHECK POINT

Name three major cash crops raised in the Carolinas.

What were these crops packaged in to be shipped?

What part of the world were most of those crops sold to?

THE END…… The Carolina Colony