North Caronlina
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Who founded North Carolina?

The Proprieters 

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Which of the two colonies became the wealthiest?

South Carolina became one of the wealthiest early colonies largely due to exports of cotton, rice, tobacco, and indigo dye

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What was the climate like?

The climate of the Carolinas was semi-tropical woodlands, warm enough to have a productive farming land

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What kind of land did the colonies have?

a) Rocky

b) Healthy

c) Sandy

b) Healthy

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Who granted South Carolina's Royal Charter? 

Royal Charter granted by King Charles II.

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What were North Carolina's natural resocres? 

Forests (timber), fish, and land, suitable for the development of large plantations

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What jobs did colonists have?

  • Cotton.
  • Doctors.
  • Government Officials.
  • Gunsmiths.
  • Indigo.
  • Inventors.
  • Lawyers.
  • Metalworkers.
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What did colonial children play with?

They played board games or did tongue twisters and riddles. When the weather was warm, they played outside with marbles, hoops or other toys.

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What was South Carolina's land like?

Mostly coastal plains and piedmont areas.

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What was South CArolina's original name?

The South Carolina Colony was originally named the Province of South Carolina before being referred to as the South Carolina Colony, and eventually South Carolina.

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Which religns settled in North Carolina? 

 Catholics, Anglicans, Jews, and Baptists

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South Carolina's colony's economy was dependent upon...

 the stolen labor of enslaved people that supported large land operations similar to plantations

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What did North Carolina's grow on their farms?

Cotton, fruit, grains, vegetables, tobacco, rice, sugar, and indigo

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What year did South Carolina become a Royal Colony?

In 1729 the South Carolina Colony became a royal colony.

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Who was North Carolina's forst govenor?

Edward Hyde

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How did North Carolina make money?

Growing of tobacco in the 1700s and 1800s and on the manufacture of tobacco products and textiles in the early 1900s.

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What year did the Carolina's become seperate colonies?

1712

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What did South Carolina grow on their farm?

Cotton, tobacco, vegetables, and fruit

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Who governed South Carolina before the Lord Proprietirs?

There was a single government of the Carolinas based in Charleston until 1712, when a separate government (under the Lords Proprietors) was set up for North Carolina.

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Where does the name Carolina come from?

Carolina is a word derived from the Latin name for Charles, 'Carolus

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Who did the Carolinas sell thier crops to?

The Caribbean, Chesapeake, and New England.

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What year did John White arrive in North Carolina?

1587

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What is the largest farm in the Carolinas?

First Colony Farms, owned by Malcolm McLean, at approximately 355,000 acres is the nation's largest, privately-owned single unit farm. The farm spans over parts of Washington, Tyrrell, Hyde, and Dare Counties.


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Where did many fo the early settlers come from?

Many of the early settlers of South Carolina came from the island of Barbados, in the Caribbean, bringing with them the plantation system common in the West Indies colonies.

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