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
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Alchin, Linda. "North Carolina Colony." Land of the Brave. Siteseen, 1 July 2014. Web. 1 Oct. 2014. <http://www.landofthebrave.info/north-carolina-colony.htm>.
"Colonial North Carolina." Colonial North Carolina. Web. 3 Oct. 2014.http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/colonialamerica/p/ncarolinacolony.htm
Whitehall. "The Colonial Economies 1720." The Colonial Economies 1720. 8 Sept. 1721. Web. 3 Oct. 2014.
Kickler, Troy. "Quitrents (Colonial Period)." North Carolina History Project :. DesignHammer Media Group, LLC, 1 Jan. 1999.
Web. 5 Oct. 2014.
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