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This is the easternmost and largest region in NC.
What is the Coastal Plain.
100
Europeans called them "the freest people in the world".
Who are the Indians.
100
The upper class was also called the ____.
What is the gentry.
100
The type of government America wanted.
What is a republic.
100
The first two political parties in America.
What is the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans.
200
I am the smallest of the regions in NC.
What is the Mountain region.
200
A European who brought their daughter over to Roanoke Island during the 16th century.
Who is John White.
200
The shipping route of enslaved Africans became known as the _____.
What is the Middle Passage.
200
A group of states united under a weak central government.
What is a confederation.
200
Washington wanted to ______ after the constitution.
What is retire.
300
The first capital of NC.
What is New Bern
300
The third attempt to colonize Roanoke and was led by John White.
What is the Lost Colony.
300
Eight men in NC that were loyal to the King
Who are the Lord Proprietors.
300
Westerners who wanted better control of NC's government.
Who are the regulators.
300
A action or a decision that serves as an example for later generations.
What is a precedent.
400
This is a place where the hilly Piedmont land drops to the lower coastal plain.
What is fall line
400
A small ship that was lighter and easier to sail in the wind.
What is a Caravel.
400
NC, SC, Georgia, Virginia, and Maryland were part of what the _____.
What is the Southern Colonies.
400
The two dates on the NC flag.
What is the Halifax and Mecklenburg resolves.
400
A belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
What is the Manifest Destiny.
500
The body of water in NC located in between the coast and the Outer Banks and is North of the Pamlico sound.
What is the Albermarle sound.
500
The two Algonquin men that went back to Europe.
Who are Manteo and Wanchese.
500
Governor of NC that had the Tryon Palace built and lived in it.
Who was William Tryon.
500
A Prussian leader that brought new tactics and weapons to the American army.
Who is Wilhelm Von Stewben.
500
The nickname NC had due to its lack of improvements, bad transportation, and poor education.
What is the Rip Van Winkle State.
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