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Located on the East Coast North of South Carolina and south of Virginia Coastal Plains, Piedmont (Rolling Hills), and Mountains Climate and soil were great for farming year round, with hot summers and mild winters
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Roanoke was founded on Roanoke island in North Carolina as land for England in 1587 but failed Virginians started settling Carolina in 1653 as an expansion to Virginia, hoping to find wealth People colonized Carolina for the perfect climate for growing cash crops Carolina split into two colonies in 1729, forming North and South Carolina
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Founded first by Sir Walter Raleigh first as the Roanoke Colony, which ultimately failed North Carolina was later founded by Virginians King Charles II issued a charter to 8 nobles to settle the land that was west of Carolina in 1663
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Roanoke founded on July 22, 1587 First permanent settlement was founded in 1655 King Charles gave 8 Nobles the land of Carolina in 1663 In 1729, Carolina split into 2, North Carolina and South Carolina
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The Capital of North Carolina was New Bern Moved to Raleigh in 1794
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Economy revolved around the before mentioned cash crops Could grow rice, tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, and indigo all the time due to good climate Crops would be shipped out to places that had a hard time growing crops in the summer/winter when it was not growing season, like Europe and the Middle/New England Colonies
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The main religious group was the Quakers The Quakers were also the people that came to North Carolina and established the first colonies there Many attempts were made to build Anglican churches, but they failed The Quakers belief in nonviolence became a problem in the eighteen hundreds when the Indians, Americans, British and the French all had a war in America Because the Quakers were anti-violence, they could not rebel and fight back when the war moved to North Carolina. The Quakers lost their political and religious views
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The King sent eight allies of his to Carolina to get land and also run the colony They received a salary from the King and were also granted lots of land These people were called proprietors. The proprietors helped pay for the establishment and maintenance of the Proprietorship, and the governors salary. Carolina eventually split into two, North and South Carolina, because Carolina was too big to be governed by one body and governor
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Pros Great climate for farming Mild winters Great terrain for cash crops Cons Hot, humid summers spread disease Mountains were hard to settle/traverse Winters were not that cold, but were very wet
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Alchin, Linda. "North Carolina Colony." Land of the Brave. Siteseen, 1 July 2014. Web. 1 Oct. 2014..http://www.landofthebrave.info/north-carolina-colony.htm "Colonial North Carolina." Colonial North Carolina. Web. 3 Oct. 2014.http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/colonialamerica/p/ ncarolinacolony.htm Whitehall. "The Colonial Economies 1720." The Colonial Economies 1720. 8 Sept. 1721. Web. 3 Oct. 2014. Kickler, Troy. "Quitrents (Colonial Period)." North Carolina History Project :. DesignHammer Media Group, LLC, 1 Jan. 1999. Web. 5 Oct. 2014.
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