The 12th Colony, North Carolina
Nehemiah Arnette
Who was the colony founded by? What number was it in the order of being found?
North Carolina was though to have been found by Virginia Colonists. Some people think it was founded by 8 lord proprietors. North Carolina was the 12Th Colony of the thirteen colonies
Who was the colony named after?
North Carolina was named after King Charles I and King Charles II. The name "Carolina" comes from the Latin root word "carolinus", meaning "of Charles".
Why was it founded?
In 1653, some Virginians settled in what would become North Carolina. In 1663, King Charles II issued a royal charter to eight nobles to settle the area south of Virginia. They created Carolina and included the previous settlement. However, because of internal problems, the crown took over the colony and formed North and South Carolina out of it in 1729.
What is something that the colony revolutionized or introduced to America?
North Carolina is widely known for their indigo, cotton, and tobacco. North Carolina is also known to be "First In Flight".
What significant or momentous events took place in this colony?
The Tuscarora war took place in North Carolina. (1711-1713)
The Edenton tea party.
The Battle of Moores Creek Bridge.
Famous People
William Blount- was the first person from North Carolina to sign the Constitution.
John White-Nathaniel Batts- Becomes the first man to permanently settle in North Carolina.
Andrew Jackson- North Carolina native, who later becomes the 7th president of the U.S.
William Blount
March 26, 1749- March 21, 1800
An American statesman and land speculator
Very little education, worked with his father at a very young age, with his siblings
John White
English Artist
Early Pioneer
White's granddaughter Virginia Dare was the first English child born in the New World
Andrew Jackson
North Carolina native, who became president
Work/ Jobs
The daily life of colonists was usually farming crops, maintaining fields, and animals. Many people were lumberjacks.
Religion
The colony of North Carolina was established with an Anglican religion by order of the royal charter.Religion in colonial North Carolina was based on the Anglican religion. The colonialists did not succeed in influencing the religion of the area because the region was not viable, owing to poor infrastructure. The Anglican religion therefore grounded itself in the colony. King Henry VIII
Where did the inhabitants or their ancestors come from?
Four hundred years ago the English Roanoke colonists met numerous native inhabitants along the coast of what would become the state of North Carolina. Even earlier, during the 1540s, Spanish explorers under the leadership of Hernando de Soto "discovered" several Indian groups occupying the interior regions of the Carolinas. The Native Americans whom de Soto met included Siouan, Iroquoian and Muskogean speakers, whose descendants are now recognized as the historic tribes of the Catawba, Cherokee and Creek Indians. Within a very short period of time--some 50 years--after those first contacts, the early European explorers of North Carolina had met, interacted with, and begun the process of significant cultural displacement of all the major native groups in the state.
North Carolinas Identity
Economy/Social: The Southern Colony was almost entirely agricultural. The main feature was the plantation, a large plot of land that contained a great many acres of farmland and buildings in which lived the people who owned the land and the people who worked the land. (A large part of the workforce was African slaves, who first arrived in 1619.) Southern plantations grew tobacco, sugar, rice, cotton and indigo, which they sold to buyers in England and elsewhere in America. The society was patriarchal where the father ruled the household and extended household of servants and slaves.