Carolina

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Carolina was a major English colony in North America that later split into the separate colonies (and eventual U.S. states) of North Carolina and South Carolina.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Carolina canonical 4

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colony ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Spanish Florida ⓘ
Virginia Colony ⓘ
capital Charles Town ⓘ
charterConfirmedOn 1665 ⓘ
charterGrantedBy King Charles II of England ⓘ
charterGrantedOn 1663 ⓘ
charterGrantedTo Eight Lords Proprietors ⓘ
linked to: Lords Proprietors
continent North America ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolved 1729 ⓘ
earlierExploredBy French explorers ⓘ
Spanish explorers ⓘ
economy plantation agriculture ⓘ
established 1663 ⓘ
followedBy Province of North Carolina ⓘ
Province of South Carolina ⓘ
foundedBy King Charles II of England ⓘ
Lords Proprietors ⓘ
governmentType proprietary colony ⓘ
royal colony ⓘ
hadMajorPort Charles Town ⓘ
includedTerritoryNowIn Georgia ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
involvedIn Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Carolina charter of 1663 ⓘ
Carolina charter of 1665 ⓘ
locatedIn British America ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
majorCrops indigo ⓘ
rice ⓘ
tobacco ⓘ
namedAfter King Charles I of England ⓘ
namedInLanguage Latin ⓘ
nameMeaning land of Charles ⓘ
originallyClaimedBy England ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
Southern Colonies ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
splitFormalized 1729 ⓘ
splitIntoSeparateColonies North Carolina ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
statusChangedToRoyalColony early 18th century ⓘ
usedLaborSystem slavery ⓘ

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