Module 3 - Colonization

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In 1663 eight English men became “the true and absolute Lords and Proprietaries” of the Carolina Charter.  The Charter covered lands between the present day North Carolina - Virginia line “to a point about thirty miles north of Cape Canaveral, Florida” (Powell, p. 53).  This Charter marked an important point in the decades long legal and economic struggle for control of the wealth and well-being of the lands and peoples residing in the area. According to Ready, “The granting of the proprietary charter by Charles II in 1663 only signified a change in governance from the established but distant royal colony of Virginia to the new and ambitious proprietorship of the land now called ‘Carolina’” (p. 39).   This module focuses on major political and social events that occurred in colonial North Carolina between the time of the Carolina Charter and the American Revolution.  The aim is to explore the unique features of the Carolina colony and political events that shaped its colonial history.  According to historian, William Powell, Carolinians were “Poor Subjects of Britain.” This might be taken quite literally given the modest backgrounds of most Carolinians during this time, they were mainly yeoman farmers.  Or it could be taken to reflect the relationship between the Carolinas and the the crown as they struggled over the authority of Britain and the rights and privileges of the colonists (see Powell p. 48).

 

 Compelling Questions

Compelling Questions.png Were Carolinians “poor subjects of Britain"?

 

 

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