North+and+South+Carolina

__Geography:__
====North and South Carolina were at one point one colony. ‍‍‍‍‍‍The Carolina's first permanent settlement was established on the Albermarle Sound. Rivers ==== that ran through the colony were the Chowan, Roanoke, and the Cape Fear rivers. These rivers were essentially the highways to the people of the colony. Mountains that surrounded the colony were the Appalachian, Blue Ridge, and Great Smoky Mountains. The Blue Ridge Mountains were the largest mountain range in the colony. These mountain ranges made it harder to farm although the rivers made very fertile land for the colonists. Most settlers lived by the water or at least close to it, very few lived in the mountains. There were dense Pine forests which they used to their advantage by having naval stores.The area was well suited for large-scale farming. The land offered fertile soil, broad lowlands, and a much warmer climate which was used to grow cash crops. They had few harbors but one was at Willmington. The development of the colony of North Carolina was slowed because of the lack of deep water ports, navigable rivers and good roads. This had a big impact on the economy. ‍‍‍‍‍‍

__History: __
====The Carolina's first permanent settlement was in the 1650's. In 1663 Charles II of England granted a royal charter land to a group of English proprietors for the colony of Carolina. They came mostly for religious freedom. The Carolinas were an economic colony because they grew and sold tobacco, rice, corn and livestock. The colony supported Thomas Jefferson's Democratic-Republicans at first. They remained a one party state until the Whig party emerged and took control of the state government ( ==== 1836-1850) with the support of the western portion of the colony. After the Civil War, North Carolina was placed under a military district with South Carolina when the Radical Republicans took over the U.S. Congress and the Reconstruction policy and Republicans took control of the state government. A new state Constitution in 1868 made all adult men, including newly freed slaves, eligible to vote, eliminated all property and religious qualifications for holding office, and instituted other reforms. These new reforms did not last, and the old planters and other former rebels were let back into the government. Democrats then took control of the state legislature and removed Gov. William Holden, a Republican, from office. The Virginia legislature made worship throughout the colony Anglican in 1632, so yes North Carolina was religious. The colony had to conform to the constitution of the Church of England, and the governor of Virginia banished all non-conformists (1642) which made religious practice uniform. At the time, the road system did not allow people to travel to get to a permanent church. Whereas in South Carolina the main religion was Protestantism. In the colonial times, North Carolina had many different Native American tribes living there. These tribes were the Catawba, Pee Dee, Chicora, Edisto, Santee, and Chicora-Waccamaw Cherokee.The Carolinas split in 1712 due to unrest in the colony.

__Economics:__
====To survive North Carolina grew rice, corn and tobacco and raised livestock. They also sold cash crops and had naval stores thanks to the extensive Pine forests that they had. There principle form of commerce was farming. North Carolina was a colony that heavily relied on slavery. They used indentured servants, African and Native Americans on their plantations. South Carolinians grew rice, sugar cane, cotton, tobacco and indigo. They also raised cattle. Their principal form of commerce was also farming. South Carolina had a lot more slavery than North Carolina because there were alot more plantations that were in need of slaves.====

__Social:__
====The colonists in both North and South Carolina spoke English. They were Anglican and had to conform to the constitution of the Church of England. The role of women in the colonies was different depending on their marital status. In the Carolinas, if a woman was married then she performed all household activities for her husband while he worked. Whereas, if a woman was unmarried then she was an independent individual.====

__Political:__
====A royal charter was given to a Virginians for North Carolina while the same type of charter was given to eight nobles for South Carolina. The Carolinas had a fundamental constitution made by John Locke.====

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__French and Indian War:__
====During the war, the Cherokee began to make isolated atacks on the Carolinian frontier. As a reaction the Governor or South Carolina marched into the backcountry of South Carolina with 1,300 men. As a result of the French and Indian War, the Carolinas established a boundary between Carolina and the Cherokee. The colonists were more Loyalist and they supported the revolution.====

__Revolution:__
====Major General Nathanael Greene went to the Carolinas during the Revolution. Many different battles took place in the Carolinas such as the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Battles of Charleston. The Carolinas were affected by the Revolution because their land and towns were destroyed and they were not allowed to secede.====


 * Citations **

"North Carolina." //American History//.ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 25 Sept. 2011.
====__"Regional Development of the Colonies (Overview)." ____//American History//.ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 25 Sept. 2011. __==== ===="The French and Indian War in the Carolinas." [|www.carolana.com/NC/Royal_Colony/french_indian_war.html], 2007,August ====

Bria Jordan and Tylar Rodriquez