Presents a comprehensive study of the colony of North Carolina and describes the native peoples who inhabited the region, early explorers and settlements, colonial life and conflicts with Native Americans, and the battles and events of the Revolutionary War.
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Introduction -- Map: The Thirteen Colonies, 1790 -- First Contacts -- Early Explorers -- Map: Land Spain claimed in North America, 16th Century -- Attempted settlement -- Francisco Chicora -- Hernando de Soto (CA. 1496--1542) -- Map: Native Americans of North Carolina -- Native Americans of North Carolina -- Daily life of Native Americans in North Carolina -- Corn -- Managing deer habitat -- Cherokee creation story -- First English settlements in North Carolina -- Raleigh Charter (1584) -- John White (CA. 1540--CA. 1606) -- First clony -- Missing silver cup -- Second colony -- Lost clony -- Defeat of the Spanish Armada (July 1588) -- Roanoke and the story tree rings tell -- Lost in the middle -- Map: Outer Banks of North Carolina -- Changing charters -- Opening paragraphs of the First Charter of Virginia (April 10, 1606) -- Map: Lands of Carolana granted to Robert Heath, 1629 -- Nathaniel Batts (CA. 1620--1679) --Return of the King -- Life in Albemarle County -- Navigation acts (1651--1696) -- Culpeper's Rebellion -- Seth Sothel -- North Carolina Is Created -- North Carolina's first Town -- Indian Wars and pirates -- Native Americans and Disease -- Tuscarora War -- New Bern -- Yamasee War -- Pirate haven -- Blackbeard (Edward Teach, CA. 1680--1718) -- Stede Bonnet (unknown--1718) -- Women pirates -- Royal Colony of North Carolina -- Granville Tract -- Settlers Flock to North Carolina -- Tar Heels -- Graph: Colonial Population of North Carolina, 1620--1790 -- Indentured servants -- Slaves and planters in North Carolina -- Royal Governors and the Colonial Assembly -- French and Indian War, 1755--1762 -- Map: French Territory in North America, 1755 -- Road to Revolution -- East versus West -- Governor's Palace -- Daniel Boone (1734--1820) -- Sugar Act, April 5, 1764 -- Stamp Act, March 22, 1765 -- Sons of Liberty -- Townshend Duties, June 29, 1767 -- Tea Act, May 10, 1773 -- Committees of Correspondence -- Intolerable Acts, 1774 -- War of Independence -- First Continental Congress, September 5 to October 26, 1774 -- War Starts in North Carolina -- Battle of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775) -- Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (May 20, 1775) -- Loyalists, Patriots, and Undecideds -- Second Continental Congress -- First Paragraph of the Declaration of Independence -- War in the North -- War in the South -- War in North Carolina -- Continental army and the Militia -- Map: Battle of Guilford Courthouse, March 15, 1781 -- End of the Revolution -- Becoming Part of a Nation -- Articles of Confederation -- Constitutional Convention, 1787 -- Preamble to the U.S. Constitution -- Ratifying the Constitution -- Bill of Rights -- North Carolina Time Line -- North Carolina Historical Sites -- Further reading -- Books -- Web sites -- Index.