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Honor Guard protecting the North Carolina Bill of Rights: A Honor Guard protects the North Carolina Bill of Rights. They are wearing colonial-style uniforms. For a few weeks, the document was displayed in various places throughout North Carolina, including here, at the historic Chowan County Courthouse in Edenton,...; Format: image/photograph

Historic Edenton: The Historic Edenton website is provided by North Carolina Historic Sites and contains a brief introduction and history of the town as well as a listing of special events.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

An old house near Edenton, NC: This is an old house a few miles north of Edenton in Chowan County, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Man plowing his field as a part of a 4-H club peanut project: This black and white photo shows an unidentified man plowing his field as a part of a 4-H club peanut project in Chowan County, North Carolina. He is standing behind the plow, guiding it as his horse pulls. The man is walking away from the camera.; Format: image/article

Plan of the Town & Port of Edenton in Chowan County: Legend reads: Plan of the Town and Port of Edenton in Chowan County North Carolina Church Court House. Goal Schoolhouse. Tann Yard Wind Mill...; Format: image/map

Revolutionary North Carolina: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the era of the American Revolution. Topics include the Regulators, the resistance to Great Britain, the War for Indpendence, and the creation of new governments.; Format: book (multiple pages)

A dingy at dock in Edenton, NC: A dingy floats at dock on twinkling, sunlit water in Edenton, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Learning in colonial Carolina: In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.8; During the late 1600s and early 1700s, education in Carolina was largely informal. Most children learned by watching and imitating parents and older community members. The sons of the wealthy were sent away to schools in other colonies or in England. The first efforts to provide formal education in Carolina were made by religious groups — the Quakers, the Baptists, and the Presbyterians.; Format: article; By Betty Dishong Renfer.

A stand of trees in the middle of the water: This is a stand of trees in the middle of the water near Edenton, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

A timeline of North Carolina colleges (1766–1861): In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.12; Brief information about the more than thirty private colleges established in North Carolina before the Civil War.; Format: timeline

Edenton National Fish Hatchery: Take a tour of the hatchery and find out how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is helping to stock the lakes and rivers of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia with fish.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

The Barker House in Edenton, NC: This is the Barker House in Edenton, North Carolina. According to its historic marker, it was the "home of Thomas Barker, N.C. agent to England, and his wife Penelope, reputed leader of the Edenton Tea Party, 1774."; Format: image/photograph

Historic Hope Plantation: Located near Windsor, NC, the plantation complex offers unique insights into the late 18th- and 19th-century rural life in eastern North Carolina and the South.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

The Cupola House in historic Edenton, NC: This is The Cupola House in historic Edenton, North Carolina. Here is a blurb on the history of the house from cupolahouse.org: "For over two and a quarter centuries, the Cupola House has stood watch from the north shore of Edenton Bay. It was built in 1758...; Format: image/photograph

Antebellum North Carolina: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the antebellum period (1830–1860). Topics include slavery, daily life, agriculture, industry, technology, and the arts, as well as the events leading to secession and civil war.; Format: book (multiple pages)

The Committees of Safety: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 2.9; Excerpts from the minutes of the Committees of Safety set up in North Carolina towns and counties, 1775, for the purpose of enforcing the trade boycott against Britain. Includes historical commentary.; Format: document

Mapping life in a colonial town: In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.14; From a detailed map of colonial Edenton, North Carolina, we can learn a great deal about daily life and community life on the eve of the Revolution.; Format: activity; By L. Maren Wood.

"A Society of Patriotic Ladies": In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 2.8; 1775 cartoon, published in a London newspaper, satirizing the "Edenton Tea Party" at which prominent North Carolina women signed a petition supporting the American cause. Includes historical commentary.; Format: cartoon

Cary's Rebellion: In Colonial North Carolina, page 3.1; Because North Carolina permitted religious freedom, Quakers made up a large portion of the colony's early population and were heavily represented in its government. A division opened in the colony between the Quaker party and supporters of the Church of England, and disputes between the two sides led to violence in 1710–1711.; Format: book

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.; Format: book (multiple pages)

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