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21400
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Between 1629 and 1640, English and French Huguenot refugees in England planned and endeavored to colonize Carolana, which consists of modern-day North Carolina and South Carolina. The English and French groups cooperated as well as competed with each other during the entire effort. The groups tried settling the area for profit from New World goods and for religious freedom as Huguenots. The colonization attempt failed as bad timing, insufficient funds, and poor management doomed the expeditions.
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22065
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This article details and describes Outer Banks and the Roanoke Island area geography where America's first English settlement was located. Using historical maps, the article shows the different names used by colonists and explorers for the same features and describes why some features made settlement there desirable.
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22093
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This article details the culture, practices, and colonial history of the Highland Scots who eventually created several settlements in the Cape Fear region of North Carolina. It also discusses the history of those settlements from the mid 18th century up to the late 19th century in North Carolina.
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22094
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This article details the European history and Colonial settlement patterns of the Scotch-Irish community, culminating with settlements in North Carolina. The first settlement in North Carolina was founded in 1736 in Duplin County.
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22096
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This article accounts the plight of the German Palatines from their expulsion from their German homeland by French forces in the late 17th century, to immigrating to England in the early 18th century and subsequently landing in the New World, settling in many places including North Carolina.
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24695
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The earliest developments in the Carolina region are obscure and uncertain. Some settlers bought land from Indians or received land from grants in Virginia prior to 1663. The author discusses some of the earliest settlements in the region.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 22 Issue 25, May 1955, p20-24, il, map
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32969
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All the land of the Carolinas from the Atlantic to the Pacific was granted to Eight English noblemen, whose names are still reflected in current place names. When the land didn’t produce as much profit as desired, all but one, John, Lord Carteret, returned their land interest to the crown for 2,500 pounds. John was later appointed Earl of Granville; and both names are still present in the form of counties.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 12 Issue 52, May 1945, p17
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