1. CAROLINA COLONY

2. Settled  First attempt is started by Sir Walter Raleigh at Roanoke and fails  Second settlement created near Albemarle Sound by colonists from Virginia looking for farmland – successful  Lord Proprietors take over  King Charles II grants the Carolina colony to 8 noblemen that helped him become King of England  Carolina colony controlled by the proprietors and who they appoint

3. Who settles there?  Virginia farmers in the northern part  European farmers from Barbados in southern part  Scots-Irish  Germans

4. People Continued  Moravians  Settled in Forsyth County; against war and believe every human spirit was touched by God; Church runs all aspect of life  Quakers  Religious group against war; want to reform society; negotiate with Natives

5. Things Get Rough  Bacon’s Rebellion  Occurs in Virginia because Bacon is not happy with the way the governor was running government  Wants the government to allow the colonists to move west and protect the colonists from natives – governor refuses  Bacon gathers colonists that were upset with the governors rule and rebels  Starts the trend of rebelling against English rule

6. More Trouble  Culpepper’s Rebellion  In NC; colonists rebel against the English trying to control trade and impose taxes  Navigation Acts Passed Can only use English ships to trade and must pay a tax Colonists used to being able to ship on the cheapest ships and be on their own  Colonists rebel but nothing really changes or happens (colonists not punished)

7. Even More Trouble  Cary’s Rebellion  In NC; Quakers rebel when NC tries to establish a formal religion – Anglican Church  This would not allow Quakers to hold offices  War erupted between the two sides  The Quakers lost the war in the end

8. Native Trouble  Tuscarora War  Tuscarora were mad that the colonists were taking over their land  Fight back to get their land back  Attack quick and sudden  NC gets the help of rival native tribes to fight back  Colonists defeat the Tuscarora

9. North Carolina is Formed  The Carolina Colony grows  It becomes too large to manage as one colony  1712 it splits into two colonies  North Carolina  South Carolina