1. Europeans don’t initially come to NC because of a lack of ports, shallow shifting sandy coast, and non-navigable rivers.

2. People enter NC from Virginia & SC to take advantage of naval stores:1. Naval stores : tar pitch, rosin, turpentine

used to preserve ropes and wood on ships

Naval stores

Charles 1

3. English king Charles I gives land to Sir Robert Heath to settle and be named Carolana (the Latin form of Charles)

a. Settlers fail to establish government, so land returns to Charles I

4. A civil war and England breaks out, Charles I has head chopped off and Oliver Cromwell rules England for 11 years.

Charles II* Reading handout

5. 1663 Charles II fights Cromwell and regains the thrown with the help of others. Charles II repays those men with a large land grant called Carolina.

1.These men are the 8 Lords Proprietors 2.They control, govern, and tax the Carolina Colony (what is currently both NC & SC)

6. 1710 – Carolina Splits over issues around governance, religion, and economies AND WAR!!!7. 1729 – Lords Proprietors sell lands back to British King; NC becomes a Crown Colony

8. 2 NC Political Parties are established: Prerogate Party is made up of men owning their position to the Lords Proprietors VS. Popular Party is made up of settlers from before Proprietor’s control

Great Wagon Road: North-South trail stretching from PA through NC into Georgia.

Brought new people to NC backcountry

Backcountry: thinly populated settlements stretching from the piedmont to the

mountains

Sectionalism: strong loyalty to one’s own local region or section

Ticket out the door:

How might what we’ve learned about cause sectionalism in NC? What might this lead to in our state’s future?