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Choose FIVE out of the following ten events:
1. Western counties start Regulator movement
2. Battle of Alamance ends Regulator movement
3. Carolina colony splits into two separate colonies, North and South
4. Tuscarora War
5. Charles II gives Carolina to Lords Proprietors
6. Culpeper’s Rebellion
7. First Highland Scots arrive in Brunswick, NC
8. Tobacco thrives and planters prosper
9. Great Wagon Road carries most colonial traffic of any highway
10. England buys more than 60% of its naval stores from NC
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Label these on a timeline in your notebook.
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Create a visual aid (stick figure drawing, symbol, etc.) for each of the events on your timeline
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On the back, list the 5Ws (who, what, where, when, and why the event was important to NC colonial history)
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What and why need to be full sentences, others do not
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Use textbook chapters 6, 7 & 8 to find the information about each of these events
Due at the end of the period
Be ready to share a one sentence summary of your event with classmates who chose other events
CLASS SET DO NOT WRITE ON
Choose FIVE out of the following ten events:
1. Western counties start Regulator movement – p. 149
2. Battle of Alamance ends Regulator movement – p. 151
3. Carolina colony splits into two separate colonies, North and South – p. 114
4. Tuscarora War – p. 115
5. Charles II gives Carolina to Lords Proprietors – p. 104
6. Culpeper’s Rebellion – p. 109
7. First Highland Scots arrive in Brunswick, NC – p. 126
8. Tobacco thrives and planters prosper – p. 134
9. Great Wagon Road carries most colonial traffic of any highway – p. 126
10. England buys more than 60% of its naval stores from NC – p. 135
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Label these on a timeline in your notebook.
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Create a visual aid (stick figure drawing, symbol, etc.) for each of the events on your timeline
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On the back, write a ONE sentence summary of each event
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Use textbook chapters 6, 7 & 8 to find the information about each of these events
Due at the end of the period
Be ready to share your events with a classmate who chose other events
One sentence summaries
In 1663, King Charles II of England gives Carolina colony to eight Lords Proprietors as a reward for returning him as king.
In 1678, early settlers in Carolina Colony start Culpeper’s Rebellion because they don’t like trade laws requiring them to
trade only with England.
In 1712, the Carolina Colony is split into north and south sections because there was a need for a more effective
government in the north.
In 1711, the Tuscarora Indians fought and killed European settlers for almost a year because they were upset about
being cheated out of their land.
In 1740, the first Highland Scots came from Scotland to North Carolina to escape the problems back home.
By the 1760s, the Great Wagon Road carried more traffic than any other colonial road and went right by Mint Hill area;
this encouraged settlement in the area.
In the 1750s, there were many tobacco farms in North Carolina that sold their crops for cash.
By 1768, North Carolina sold England more than 60 percent of their naval stores, that is, items made out of trees to be
used on ships, making it an important industry to the colony.
In 1768, pioneers in western North Carolina rebelled against new taxes in the Regulator movement by rioting and
demanding changes.
In 1771, the Battle of Alamance was fought between the Regulators and Governor Tryon in which the movement ended
in the Regulator’s defeat.