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for "North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"
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13097
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The state of North Carolina is named after Charles I, a 17th century King of England, who ordered all land lying south of the Great Dismal Swamp, as far as Florida, to be named Carolina.
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13222
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Eighty years before Boston's celebrated tea party, Brunswick's resistance to Britain took play in open daylight, was led by the most prominent men of the community, with arms in their hands, who defied His Majesty's governor, his navy, and his tax collectors. Today, Old Brunswick is a ghost town on the banks of the Cape Fear River.
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13279
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Powell details the history of England's first American colony as Sir Walter Raleigh and an expedition commanded by Captains Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe sailed to North America and found trial and tragedy on the coast of North Carolina.
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13324
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A mixture of facts, tall tales, and adventure, John Lawson's, A New Voyage to Carolina: Containing the Exact Description and Natural History of that Country, serves as the first account of travel and life in early 18th-century North Carolina.
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13365
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This article gives a description and analysis of the earliest colonial settlements in North Carolina, with an emphasis on Nathaniel Batts and his community. Included is a copy of one of the earliest maps of the Carolinas.
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13868
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On 24 March 1663, Charles II granted land in the New World to eight men who had supported his efforts to regain the throne of England. The first in a series of biographical sketches describing the Lords Proprietors, Powell discusses Edward Hyde, the Earl of Clarendon and his career in England prior to coming to the New World, as well as his namesakes in North Carolina.
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13874
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On 24 March 1663, Charles II granted land in the New World to eight men who had supported his efforts to regain the throne of England. The second in a series of biographical sketches describing the Lords Proprietors, Powell discusses George Monck, the Duke of Albemarle. This article discusses Monck's career prior to coming to the New World as well as his family and business conducted through 1677, the year of his death.
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On 24 March 1663, Charles II granted land in the New World to eight men who had supported his efforts to regain the throne of England. The third in a series of biographical sketches describing the Lords Proprietors, William Powell discusses the Gallant William Craven. This article discusses Craven's career in England prior to coming to the New World as well as his namesakes in North Carolina.
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13982
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Baron Christopher de Graffenreid's account of his experiences with the Indians is an important account of early colonial North Carolina. His traveling companion, John Lawson, was put to death, and the Swiss nobleman who colonized New Bern also was slated for the same fate, but was finally spared.
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14338
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The development of trade, navigation and general commerce in North Carolina during the days of the Lords Proprietors (1665-1730) represents an interesting and important chapter in the development of the colony, the beneficial effects of which are felt in business circles of today.
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14506
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Histories of the United States give prominent place to the Boston Tea Party, and to the patriots who boarded the British ships and dumped tea into the bay. But the national histories are silent concerning much earlier demonstrations against royal misrule that occurred in North Carolina.
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14520
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The safety of North Carolina was threatened on several fronts prior to the start of the Revolutionary War. Toryism among the colonists was one of the principal agencies.
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14547
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Getting drunk, using profanity and fishing on Sundays were some of the things which were sternly forbidden during the colonial period of North Carolina's history.
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14582
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Violators of the law in our day and time may thing they are getting rather severe punishment, but in examining what took place as punishment in North Carolina during the days of the Lore Proprietors - 1665 to 1730 - they should have nothing to complain about.
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14599
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Quite a number of outstanding citizens in the Cape Fear area were rebelling against British tyranny long before the signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration.
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