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for "North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"
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4556
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In November 1775, Lord Dunmore, Virginia's last Royal Governor, planned to invade North Carolina. Capturing Portsmouth and Norfolk, he next barricaded Great Bridge on the Carolina side, blocking all shipments to the Norfolk port. A small force of Americans marched on Great Bridge. Knowing the force was outnumbered, Betsy Dowdy from Currituck Banks rode her horse Black Bess fifty miles on the night of December 10, 1775, to alert General William Skinner and his men at Hertford. Skinner's force reached Great Bridge in time to help defeat Dunmore on December 11, 1775, and end the invasion threat.
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4784
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Englishwoman Catharine Phillips, a Quaker missionary, evangelized in the North Carolina coastal regions and as far west as Alamance County, beginning in 1753. Phillips wrote an account of her travels and work in Memories of the Life of Catharine Phillips, which was published in London in 1797.
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6722
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In 1758, Charles Berry was appointed by the King of England to be Chief Justice for the Colony of North Carolina. Berry arrived in Wilmington in 1759 to take up his duties. Smith discusses his somewhat controversial tenure in that city and the events leading to his suicide on December 21, 1765.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 48 Issue 1, Late Winter 2004,
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7767
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Spain had a formal claim to what is now North Carolina up to 1670, but most history books fail to mention that Spaniards actually occupied portions of the land for extended periods of time. Several clues indicate that this is true. When Virginia explorers landed in the Albemarle region in 1653, they came across a Native American who insisted that the explorers meet a wealthy Spaniard who had been residing with the Tuscarora Indians for seven years. Three years prior to this encounter, Edward Bland was instructed to make inquiries about a white man living with the Tuscaroras. 17th-century maps of the region, such as W. J. Blaeu's and Mercator's maps, also indicated possible connections with Spain. Spaniards might have resided with the Tuscarora Indians to keep an eye on England's settlement in the region. It is possible that Spain might have even supplied trading and arms to the Tuscarora in the Tuscarora War of 1711-1713.
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7956
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Hendricks describes the settlement of the Piedmont region, or the backcountry of the state, during the 1700s. The first European settlers in the area were English. Many came down the Great Wagon Road or moved from the Coastal Plain. Population grew in the state from 35,000 in 1730 to 180,000 in 1770; much of the growth took place in the Piedmont. New towns were created to serve as government and trade centers or cultural centers for groups, such as German Moravians, and new counties formed.
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On May 29, 1664, colonists arrived in what is now Brunswick County to establish a town. Most of the arrivals were English. They chose a site on a low knoll at the mouth of Town Creek, a large tributary of the Lower Cape Fear River. Considerations in selecting this site would have included navigation, anchorage, defense, and centrality of position within the colony. The settlement was intended to be an agricultural one. By the fall of 1667, the colony was abandoned. Forces far removed from the colony contributed to its decline, including failure to obtain essential patents and charters from the king and lords proprietors, England�s war with Holland, and internal squabbles among the colony�s backers. Loftfield discusses what excavations reveal about the colony.
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North Carolina Archaeology
(NoCar E 78 S55 S6), Vol. 54 Issue , Oct 2005,
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9055
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The original boundary line between North and South Carolina was established in 1735. Because of confusion between the states about the exact location of the line, it was re-drawn in 1928 by George Syme of North Carolina and Monroe Johnson of South Carolina. Using evidence found near the boundary, the two were able to recover the original line. Eight-inch granite posts serve as markers along the boundary, set at two mile intervals.
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9133
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During the Colonial Period, North Carolina accounted for three fifths of all naval stores shipped from the American colonies to England. Naval stores include tar, rosin, turpentine, and pitch. In 1705, England, no longer dependent on Sweden and the Baltic countries for stores, passed the Naval Stores Bounty Act, authorizing large payments for the goods from the colonies. Although the turpentine industry boomed in the 1840s and 50s, the Civil War was devastating to the industry which never fully recovered after the war.
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10196
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Born in Perquimans County, John Harvey was a colonial and Revolutionary leader. His bold work in behalf of freedom from England was one of the leading causes for the North Carolina colony's early stand for independence. Harvey died before independence for all the colonies was achieved.
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10200
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John Penn was born in Caroline County, Virginia, and later relocated to Granville County, North Carolina. In a short time he was one of the colonial leaders of his country and state and was one of three North Carolinians who signed the Declaration of Independence.
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10871
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When prices for tar and pitch were increased by their suppliers, England turned to their American colonies as a new source around 1700. Southeastern North Carolina became a major supplier of naval stores, which included tar, rosin, turpentine, and pitch. For decades Wilmington was recognized as the largest export point in the world for naval stores.
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The accompanying article is a pamphlet found in the Maryland Hall of Records and printed by The State. The pamphlet discusses the location of the Province of Carolina, a description of Cape Fear, the healthfulness of the weather, and the spaciousness of uninhabited lands. Early rights for the Province list liberty of conscience, freedom of religion, and freedom from certain customs charges.
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12797
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The seventh section in an eight part series, taken from John Lawson's History of North Carolina, written in 1700 by the surveyor general of the colony, this article is about early frontier history in North Carolina.
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The eighth and final segment of a series detailing John Lawson's travels within North Carolina, this article finalizes the series of excerpts from THE HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA, written in 1700 by the surveyor general of the colony.
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Appointed governor on 21 November 1676, by the Lords Proprietors in London, Thomas Eastchurch never held office. Instead of returning to Virginia from England, Eastchurch rendezvoused to St. Nevis in the Caribbean, and sent Thomas Miller in his place. Eventually, Eastchurch decided to return to the colony of Virginia and reclaim his title. In the process of doing so, Eastchurch fell ill and died.
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