Regions of North Carolina Piedmont Regions of North Carolina

Geography Rough Terrain --- No roads to market Coarse, red clay Covered with tough oak, hickory, and pine trees Small, swift streams for mills What does this mean? Rough Terrain --- No roads to market Settlers would only get enough land for themselves—no plantations

People Hardworking Indentured servants from VA moved down Native American tribes Highland Scots

Production Mostly self-sufficient family farms Sometimes, those in the Piedmont could produce… …clothes …corn meal & flour …tar & pitch for shipbuilding …lumber Mostly self-sufficient family farms Waterpowered mills (later)

Class Structure Native Americans -- Catawba Tribe Upper Class Well educated—clergy, professionals Yeoman (farmers) Independent small farms, crude manners, strict religious beliefs Indentured class Orphans, poor workers trying to pay off debts Slaves & some free African Americans Native Americans -- Catawba Tribe

Regions of North Carolina Mountains Regions of North Carolina

Geography & Early History Cherokee Lived in the NC mountains for centuries No European settlers until late 1700s because of rough, rocky terrain, dense forests, and no fertile land Scots-Irish and German

Daniel Boone: Trailblazer Fought in French & Indian War Led settlers through the Appalachians into Kentucky & Tennessee Fought in American Revolution Settled in Missouri

Landmarks Blowing Rock Grandfather Mountain Crowders Mountain Legend about Native American couple Grandfather Mountain Profile of old man Crowders Mountain Separated hunting grounds of Cherokee & Catawba