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American Revolution History
100
Tobacco, peanuts, sweet potatoes, and fishing are some of the industries from this region.
What is the Coastal Plain?
100
People who supported the colonists protesting England were known as:
What are the Whigs?
100
This group of people taught colonists how to raise squash, beans, corn and sweet potatoes.
What are the Native Americans?
100
Overall, NC ranks how among the US for the production of over 30 products.
What is the top 10?
100
The colonists did not like all of the taxing from England without having a say in the laws, which is why this war happened.
What is the American Revolution?
200
Christmas trees and apples best grow in this region.
What is the Mountain region?
200
People who supported the King of England were known as this.
What are the Tories?
200
This group of people introduce wheat, rice, oats, barley, fruit trees, and garden vegetables to our country.
What are the European settlers?
200
This crop is the newest industry in NC.
What is grapes/vineyards?
200
This religious group protested any fighting of the American Revolution.
What are the Quakers?
300
This area has a mixture of both regions, plus being known for cotton and pottery.
What is the Piedmont?
300
People who wanted England and the Colonies to settle things peacefully without fighting were known as this.
What are the Pacifists?
300
This group of people introduced peanuts, okra, grains and melons to our country.
What are the Africans?
300
Today, this percent of people in NC make a living from farming.
What is 3%?
300
The ladies of this town were in agreement with the Boston Tea Party and agreed to drink no more tea until England stopped charging such high taxes.
What is Edenton?
400
Name at least one of the foods NC is the #1 producer of.
What is tobacco or sweet potatoes?
400
Whigs were also known as these.
What are Patriots?
400
Since the 1860 census until the latest one in 2010, has farming grown or decline in NC?
Farming has declined!
400
This industry has grown in NC since the 1950's due to NC being fortune to have beaches and mountains for people to visit.
What is tourism?
400
The name of the groups who formed up to fight against the British.
What is the militia?
500
Name as least one of the foods that NC is #2 in the country for producing.
What are hogs, Christmas trees, trout, turkeys, poultry or eggs?
500
Tories were also known as these.
What are Loyalists?
500
By 1768, the NC colony produced 60% of the naval stores that were exported from America, from this tree, which gave us the nickname "Tar Heel State".
What is the pine tree?
500
This is the name of the type of farmer who only grows enough food to feed his family.
What is the subsistence farmer?
500
This group of people originally sided with the British, but then fought with the colonists against the British.
What are the slaves?