IMPORTANT PEOPLE:
- king Charles the 2nd founded North Carolina in 1712 because he wanted to make profit from trade and selling land.
- king Charles was born in 1630,May 29th -Charles was known for his cavorting and feuds with Parliament.
- Charles was the monarch of England,Scotland,and Ireland during much of the latter half of the 17th century marking the restoration era.
MAIN JOBS:
There main jobs were farming and growing Tobacco they were mainly relying on there ports and merchants for there trade.
- there homes were much like ours but children worked, women could not own property and a lot of people married without a legal contract.
- For women they dresses in long dresses that came down to there ankles and wore a a hat that tied around there neck. For men they wore long coats.
GOVERNMENT/RELATIONSHIP WITH NATIVES:
-North Carolina's had a royal government and was ruled by 8 lords and had the right to approve or disprove its laws.
- North Carolina had a good relationship with the natives and did not have a problem trading with them but sometimes they would have there disagreements and would get into fights with one another.
-The assembly had gained a great deal of power at the expense of weak governors, and would keep the power throughout the colonial period.
CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY:
-North Carolina has a variety of weather condition it depends on what part of the region you are in.
-North Carolinas region stretches from the sandy farmland to the inner costal plain to the states outer banks.
-North Carolina has a lot of mountains such as blue ridge mountains and the great Smokey mountains, which help make up the Appalachian mountains, possibly the oldest mountain range in the united states.
Credits:
Created with images by Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the BPL - "A general map of the southern British colonies, in America"