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
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.
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?