North+Carolina


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 * || North Carolina Colony || Resource Link ||
 * Geography || North Carolina has three main geographic sections, The Coastal Plain covers roughly 45% of North Carolina, the Piedmont region, which contains the middle 35% of the land, and Appalachian Mountains/foothills. ||  ||
 * People || Some settlers went into North Carolina from Jamestown, Virginia. In 1630, 1640 and 1650 settlements in North Carolina organized a government. Some people from Barbados and Aruba settled in Charlestown and created the towns on the Ashley and Cooper Rivers. ||  ||
 * Culture, Music, art, literature ||  ||   ||
 * Land use and resources || The land was used for mining granite, and emerald crystals. North Carolina leads the nation in production of feldspar, mica, and pyrophyllite. The land in general is used for farming tobacco, cotton, corn, soybeans, green beans, sweet potatoes, peanuts, apples, blue berries, peaches, strawberries, hay, and wheat. The livestock raised in North Carolina are hogs, broilers, turkeys, cattle, and ducks. The products of the livestocks was milk, eggs, and beef. ||  ||
 * Colonial Government ||  ||   ||
 * Key People and events || In Sept. 1711, Tuscarora Indians grew angry and massacred hundreds of settlers. **The first English explorers arrived in** **1580s** **and failed to colonized** **North Carolina. This colony became a state on November 21, 1789** **.** ||  ||
 * Role of Native Americans || The Native American tribes, Cherokee, Hateras, and Tuscarora were living in North Carolina before the first Europeans settled there in the 1500s. ||  ||