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Site of Fort Dobbs

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Emily Jack
Date created
October 26, 2007
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Fort Dobbs, North Carolina
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  • Colonial North Carolina: Colonial North Carolina from the establishment of the Carolina in 1663 to the eve of the American Revolution in 1763. Compares the original vision for the colony with the way it actually developed. Covers the people who settled North Carolina; the growth of institutions, trade, and slavery; the impact of colonization on American Indians; and significant events such as Culpeper's Rebellion, the Tuscarora War, and the French and Indian Wars. (Page 8.2)

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Site of Fort Dobbs, a French and Indian War fort in Statesville, NC.

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The depressions in the ground show the former site of Fort Dobbs, a French and Indian War fort in Statesville, North Carolina.

The colony of North Carolina built Fort Dobbs in 1756 to guard the western frontier. Named after royal governor Arthur Dobbs, it was the only North Carolina fort site built during the French and Indian War. On February 27, 1760, Cherokee Indians attacked the fort and were ultimately defeated.

Following the French and Indian War, British settlement of the North American continent moved further west. Fort Dobbs was abandoned, no longer serving its purpose of defending the western frontier. By 1766 the fort had fallen to ruins. The depressions mark the site of its cellar.