Province of Carolina

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The Province of Carolina was a large English colonial territory in North America, later divided into North and South Carolina, that played a significant role in early colonial expansion and conflicts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British North American colony
English colony
former colony
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Spanish Florida
Virginia Colony
capital Charles Town
linked to: Charleston

Charleston
charterGrantedTo Eight Lords Proprietors
linked to: Lords Proprietors

Lords Proprietors
charterIssued 24 March 1663
charterRevokedBy British Crown
country Kingdom of England
createdBy King Charles II of England
Royal charter
currency Carolina pound
Pound sterling
dissolved 1712
1729
dividedInto Province of North Carolina
Province of South Carolina
economyBasedOn plantation agriculture
endTime 1712
1729
etymology derived from Latin Carolus meaning Charles
governmentType proprietary colony
royal colony
hadStatus proprietary colony until early 18th century
royal colony after proprietors lost control
includedTerritory parts of present-day Alabama
parts of present-day Louisiana
parts of present-day Mississippi
parts of present-day Tennessee
present-day Georgia (partly)
present-day North Carolina
present-day South Carolina
involvedIn Anglo-Spanish conflicts in North America
Tuscarora War
Yamasee War
laterCountry Kingdom of Great Britain
locatedIn North America
Thirteen Colonies region
linked to: Thirteen Colonies
majorCrops indigo
rice
namedAfter King Charles I of England
officialLanguage English
partOf British America
British Empire
precededBy Virginia Colony (southern claims)
religion Anglicanism
Protestantism
significantFor border conflicts with Spanish Florida
conflicts with Native American peoples
development of plantation slavery in North America
early English colonial expansion in the American South
startTime 1663
successor Province of North Carolina
Province of South Carolina
usedLaborSystem African slavery
indentured servitude

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Queen Anne's War participant Province of Carolina
Colonial America hasPart Province of Carolina
Charleston capitalOf Province of Carolina
American colonial assemblies locatedIn South Carolina Colony
linked to: Province of Carolina
Stono Rebellion opponent South Carolina colonial authorities
linked to: Province of Carolina
Siege of St. Augustine (1702) belligerent English Province of Carolina
linked to: Province of Carolina
Southern Colonies composedOf South Carolina Colony
linked to: Province of Carolina
South Carolina militia country Colony of South Carolina
linked to: Province of Carolina
Yamasee tradedWith British Carolina
linked to: Province of Carolina
Sarre family historicalRegion Carolina colony
linked to: Province of Carolina
Porcher family settledIn South Carolina colony
linked to: Province of Carolina
James Moore officeHolderIn Province of Carolina
James Moore colonyGoverned Province of Carolina
James Moore activeIn Carolina colony
linked to: Province of Carolina
Lords Proprietors appliedToTerritory Province of Carolina
Lords Proprietors appliedToTerritory Carolina colony
linked to: Province of Carolina
Carolina pound usedIn Province of Carolina
Carolina pound currencyOf Province of Carolina
Chickasaw Wars mainBelligerent British colonies of Carolina and later Georgia
linked to: Province of Carolina
North Carolina Colony partOf Province of Carolina
North Carolina Colony separatedFrom South Carolina Colony
linked to: Province of Carolina
North Carolina Colony borderedBy South Carolina Colony
linked to: Province of Carolina
Robert Gibbes countryOfActivity Colony of South Carolina
subject linked to: Gibbes
linked to: Province of Carolina
Granville District, North Carolina predecessor Province of Carolina