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= media type="custom" key="9415078"The Colony of North Carolina =

The Providence of Carolina was most commonly known as North Carolina. North Carolina is a southern colony. It was once part of a colony called Carolina but later was seperated into two part:North Carolina and South Carolina. It was founded by 8 noble people in 1653. It was founded because King Charles the Second greatly appreciated them keeping him in power so he gave them a charter. Before they settled on North Carolina, four other men tried to. They all failed in doing so. Ralph Lane tried to settle but everyone disappeared. The same thing happened to Sir Walter Raleigh when he settled. It is still a mystery of the lost colonies today. North Carolina started out as a Proprietary colony, but became the King George the Second's property in 1729.

The jobs you could get back then were slim except for men were slaves or traders. The women became teachers on the mid 1800's. Only the rich had slaves, male salves worked in fields picking crops and hunting, the female cooked, did housekeeping, and helped the wife with whatever her needs were. Rich colonists often paid their slaves for doing a good job, but that was very rare. It didn't happen often that the slaves could get paid. There were some slaves in North Carolina but there weren't as many slaves as the colony Virginia. Some things people in North Carolina sold were tabacco, tar, lumber, turpentine, and some crops. The major industry for North Carolina was tabacco, rice, and indigo. Those were the things they traded. Out of those three crops, tabacco was the most popular and succesful crop.

North Carolina was mostly mountains. The summers were hot and the winters were mild. Only some settlers lived in the mountains. Most lived by the water or close to it. All over North Carolina there were Indians. The people in North Carolina were very cruel to Indians. They took the Indian's land without asking. The result was two battles between the colonists and Native Americans. There were many religions in North Carolina because of the different people. Most of the people practiced Anglican religion. Some people also were Baptists. North Carolina had some schools. They were usually one room school houses. They had much more disapline than we do now. They read off of hornbooks. Most of the time though, kids were home schooled. They were taught by their parent or a private tutor. When they were a teenager, they went off to collage or to Europe.

Fun Facts
-The colony was named for Carolus, the Latin word for Charles, King Charles the second. -North Carolina was close to being the first permanent English colony. -The first propelled airplane flight took place in North Carolina -Became a state on November 1st, 1789. -Became the 12th state of the United States - Turpentine was an oil they used for medicine for the skin. -The major city in North Carolina WAS Raleigh -The major city today is Charlotte -The capital of North Carolina is Raleigh -Girls in the Southern Colonies did not go to school. -Kids learned to trade and went to school. -The state bird is a cardinal -The state flower is dogwood. - The state tree is the pine tree. State flower- media type="custom" key="9357340"

Giovanni de Varrazano was the first European to visit North Carolina. The explorer Hernando de Soto explores the southern part of North Carolina in search of gold. Sir Walter Raleigh sends ships of people to make the New World's first English colony on Roanoke Island. The colonists return to England. July 2: John White makes a second English colony at Roanoke. August 18: Virginia Dare is born, becoming the first English child born in North Carolina and the New World. August 22: White returns to England for more supplies to help his colonists. White returns to Roanoke to find that the colonists have all disappeared. The word "CROATOAN" is found carved into a tree. Even today, no one knows what happened to "The Lost Colony". Nathaniel Batts becomes the first European man to permanintly settle in North Carolina. Bath is the first town in North Carolina, is built. The Tuscarora War occurs between Native Americans and European settlers. This lasted two years. April 12: North Carolina becomes the first state to vote to want independence. November 21: North Carolina becomes the 12th state of the United States of America. December 11: The University of North Carolina is made, becoming the first public school in the United States. The capital of North Carolina, which had before been in New Bern, is changed to Raleigh.
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