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Naval stores

Europeans don’t initially come to NC because of a lack of ports , shallow shifting sandy coast, and non-navigable rivers . People enter NC from Virginia & SC to take advantage of naval stores: Naval stores : tar pitch, rosin, turpentine used to preserve ropes and wood on ships.

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Naval stores

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  1. Europeans don’t initially come to NC because of a lack of ports, shallow shifting sandy coast, and non-navigable rivers. • People enter NC from Virginia & SC to take advantage of naval stores: • Naval stores : tar pitch, rosin, turpentine used to preserve ropes and wood on ships

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  3. 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 1

  4. * Reading handout Charles II • 5. 1663 Charles IIfights Cromwell and regains the thrown with the help of others. Charles IIrepaysthose men with a large land grant called Carolina. • These men are the8 Lords Proprietors • They control, govern, and tax the Carolina Colony (what is currently both NC & SC)

  5. 6. 1710 – Carolina Splits over issues around governance, religion, and economies AND WAR!!! • 7. 1729 – Lords Proprietors selllands backto British King; NC becomes aCrown Colony • 8. 2 NC Political Parties are established: Prerogate Party is made up of men owning their position to the Lords ProprietorsVS. Popular Party is made up of settlers from before Proprietor’s control

  6. 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

  7. 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?

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