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for "North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"
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14929
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The Lords Proprietors obtained their titles from King Charles II of England and they were given vast domains of land in North Carolina as a reward for their service to the King.
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15299
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Boston still brags about its Tea Party, but one hundred years before they started throwing out tea in Boston, North Carolina was throwing out governors in this state. In protest of the tax on tobacco, open rebellion began in 1677. In 1766, many North Carolina towns were also up in arms about the Stamp Act, and the people of Wilmington had their own tea party while under the leadership of Ashe, Harnett, and others. Inhabitants marched on Governor Tyron's house and demanded the surrender of the official in charge of the stamps.
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16725
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Near the Rose Hill Plantation outside of Wilmington, local divers discovered a shipwreck believed to be from the Revolutionary period. The plantation's age, built in 1730, and colonial-era wine bottles led archaeologists to speculate about the shipwrecks age. Preliminary fieldwork indicates the wreck was from a 65' long, 20' wide, 120 ton sloop.
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16850
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Travelers and colonists in the late-16th-, early-17th-century voyaging to America faced many obstacles. The article describes the colonists and the seamen from this era and the details of the ships that sailed across the Atlantic, as well as details of their everyday lives while sailing.
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16939
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A system of seals was implemented by the British in an effort to deal with an increasingly more complex system of government in the colonies. In 1729, plans were drawn for designing and implementing the state's own seal and by 1731 Governor George Burrington put it into formal use. The seal changed in 1760 after the death of King George II and the succession of King George III ascended on October 25, 1760.
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17274
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It may seem strange today, but North Carolina often got ignored during the colonial period. But once North Carolina got really going, it became an impressive place for development.
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17275
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Wood discusses how North Carolina developed from a fledgling spot on the British Empire map to a powerful colonial state.
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17738
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Exploration of the Cape Fear Region began in the 17th-century when prospectors recognized potential for agriculture and timber exploitation. Two men, David Williams and Henry Skibbow, purchased 100 acres of land to become Exeter or New Exeter. The area was to be formally incorporated as a town in 1754. Expectations were for Exeter to become a viable port on the Cape Fear, however, by 1770 it was excluded from customs legislation indicating failure to become a trade center.
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17742
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Both the French and Spanish had success raiding commercial vessel off both of the Carolina's coast between 1739 and 1748. This privateering had disastrous effects to British shipping despite the Royal Navy positioning ships off the coast. Privateering only ended after the Treaty of Aix-la-Chappelle in 1748.
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18669
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Davis provides a reprint of the account of James Needham and Gabriel Arthur's journeys in 1673 and 1674 through the piedmont and mountains of North Carolina to establish trading contracts with the Cherokee. They were first published in THE FIRST EXPLORATIONS OF THE TRANS-ALLEGHENY REGION BY THE VIRGINIANS, 1650-1674 by Alvord and Bidgood in 1912.
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18972
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First used as a medicinal drink in Asian, tea became a commodity that fueled the British Empire and sparked revolution in the American colonies. In North Carolina, it would prove to be a catalyst for the first political actions by women in the state's history.
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18993
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April 2002 marks the 225th anniversary of the first North Carolina General Assembly, which met at the Palace in New Bern where the state of North Carolina was born.
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19189
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The tiny town of Manteo will undergo a transformation while it plays host for America's 400th anniversary and the commemoration of the Roanoke voyages sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh.
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19543
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English settlements in America were organized through charters, a legal document granting private individuals to own and govern pieces of land until the Lords of Trade recognized this did not serve England and began dissolving these charters. For North Carolina, the author looks at the history of charters within the state in two distinct periods; the first from 1706-1726 when charter owners were persuaded to give up their claims either by law or voluntarily and the second from 1726-1729 when charters were purchased out right from their proprietors.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 1 Issue 4, Oct 1924,
p383-402, f
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19565
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Part IV and V in this series, presents three documents - \"The Petition of Reuben Searcy and Others\" (1759), George Sim's \"Address to the People of Granville,\" and Hermon Husband's \"Remarks on Religion.\" Both historic documents record incidents of property taxation in the Granville District. The first document is a complaint lodged against Robert Jones Jr., Attorney General of the state, for over taxation and the latter a public speech addressed to Granville County Residents to join together and overthrow local government. The third document is a reprint of Husband's 1761 pamphlet concerning his personal opinions about the connection between religion and politics.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 3 Issue 1, Jan 1926,
p52-118, f
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