1. North Carolina Regions
Coastal Plain
North Carolina Regions

2. Review The region that was first settled… …COASTAL PLAIN
The region that we live in…
…PIEDMONT
The region that is most isolated…
…MOUNTAINS
Which regions have you been to?
Which region is your favorite?

3. Geography Outer Banks Loose, Fertile Soil Mild Climate Barrier islands
Sediment deposits lead to shallow ports
Colonists moved in from other colonies
Loose, Fertile Soil
Mild Climate

4. Sir Walter Raleigh Very close to Queen Elizabeth I
Three trips to Carolina—
“Lost Colony”
Virginia Dare—first English child born in America
None were successful
King James I had him arrested
Stayed in Tower of London for 13 years
Beheaded
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5. Slave Labor Why did it thrive on the coast? Free labor source
Good farming conditions
Plantation system
Huge farms producing cash crops
#1 cash crop = tobacco

6. Early Settlers Moved in from VA Nathaniell Batts No NC birthday
Set up a home in Roanoke
No NC birthday
No date for the 1st official settlement
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7. Lord Proprietors Who were they? Eight wealthy Englishmen
Given land in 1663 by King Charles II
Governors were appointed to run the colony

8. Culpepper’s Rebellion
1677 – 1678
Colonists hated Navigation Acts
Taxes!
John Culpepper and his supporters arrested the local governor
Things ran smoothly!
Culpepper eventually found not guilty

9. First Towns Bath New Bern Founded in 1705 Video Link
Founded in 1710 by John Lawson
Lawson killed by Tuscarora tribe beginning the Tuscarora War
War ends in 1715 with defeat of the Tuscarora by settlers & their native allies

10. Pirates Outer Banks were perfect for hiding out
NC settlers bought cheap goods from the pirates—tax free!
Blackbeard
Edward Teach
Lived in Bath
Used Ocracoke as his base
Lt. Robert Maynard killed him
Shot five times, stabbed twenty times, then beheaded
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11. Thus ends the Golden Age of Piracy…

12. Carolina Colony Splits
North Carolina was very difficult to manage
Rough land
No deep water ports
Independent colonists
South Carolina was awesome
Charles Town harbor
Better climate
Manageable colonists
Split in 1712

13. North Carolina Settles Down
1729
NC sold to King George II
Becomes royal colony
Native American threat removed
Piracy threat removed
Royal governors came in to control