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- The Tuscarora War
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 3.2
- The encroachment of British colonists on Tuscarora land in North Carolina resulted in numerous conflicts. Control over the most desirable land caused disputes, British settlers engaged in unfair trade practices and violated treaties, and the Tuscarora raided British livestock. In 1711, these and other sources of conflict erupted into bloody warfare. With the assistance of soldiers and rival tribes from South Carolina, the Tuscarora were defeated in 1712. Following the war, the Tuscarora emigrated to New York and joined the Iroquois of the Long House.
- Format: article
- Historic Bath
- Read about the archaeological excavation at Bonner's Point, Bath co-founder John Lawson, Cary's Rebellion, the Tuscarora War, Blackbeard, and Bath legends. Look at historic images, maps, and video describing the history of Bath.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Granville County Historical Society Museum
- Learn about the rich heritage of Granville County through the exhibits at this museum in Oxford, North Carolina.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The fate of North Carolina's native peoples
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 3.8
- After the Tuscarora War (1711–1713) and Yamasee War (1715–1716), only the Cherokee among North Carolina's native peoples remained intact. The Coastal Plain and Piedmont were effectively cleared for European settlement.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- 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)
- John Lawson
- John Lawson (1674? – 1711) was a British explorer, naturalist and writer. He played an important role in the history of colonial North Carolina. Little is known definitively about his early life but it seems probable that he had a good education and...
- Format: biography
- Waynesborough Historic Village
- Visitors to this recreated village will feel as if the have stepped back in time. "Waynesborough's focus begins in 1701 with the first Tuscarora visit and ends in 1900 with a complete economic and social shift to Goldsboro."
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The Tuscarora ask Pennsylvania for aid
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 3.5
- Report of commissioners from the Pennsylvania provincial government who met with representatives of North Carolina's Tuscarora Indians in 1710. The Tuscarora requested permission to move to Pennsylvania to escape harrassment and enslavement by southern settlers, but were denied permission. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: report
- A letter from Major Christopher Gale, November 2, 1711
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 3.6
- Letter describing the bloody attacks that began the Tuscarora War between North Carolina Indians and settlers. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: letter
- Christoph von Graffenried's account of the Tuscarora War
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 3.7
- Account of the beginnings of the Tuscarora War in North Carolina between settlers and Indians. Primary source includes historical commentary.
- Format: book
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.
- Dashed hopes for the frontier
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 2.2
- The British won vast territory in North America after the Seven Years’ War, but with that territory came the problem of governing it. British officials tried -- and failed -- to balance the interests of colonists and American Indians, and the conflicts that resulted made the colonists increasingly unhappy with British rule and led, ultimately, to the American Revolution.
- Format: article
- John Lawson's assessment of the Tuscarora
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 3.4
- Excerpt from John Lawson's 1709 A New Voyage to Carolina discussing the sources of conflict between the Tuscarora and English settlers in North Carolina and Lawson's hopes for integrating the Tuscarora into colonial society. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: book
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.
- Who owns the land?
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 3.3
- Europeans and American Indians had very different ideas about what it meant to "own" land, and these differences led to many of the conflicts between the two cultures in America.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- North Carolina place names
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.8
- This lesson contrasts and compares the names that Native Americans living in North Carolina gave to their villages and places with the names that European and other settlers gave to theirs.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- Experimental archaeology: Making cordage
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.8
- Students will make cordage and use an activity sheet to experience a technique and skill that ancient Native Americans in North Carolina needed for everyday life. They will also compute the amount of time and materials that might have been required to make cordage and construct a scientific inquiry to study the contents of an archaeological site.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
- "The difference is about our land": Cherokees and Catawbas
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 4.1
- During the American Revolution, American Indians living in North Carolina had to choose whether to support England or the colonists. While different groups of Indians made different decisions, most made their choices based on how they thought they could best protect their lands.
- Format: article
- By Jim L. Sumner.
- Disease and catastrophe
- In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 5.3
- Of all the kinds of life exchanged when the Old and New Worlds met, lowly germs had the greatest impact. Europeans and later Africans brought smallpox and a host of other diseases with them to America, where those diseases killed as much as 90 percent of the native population of two continents. Europeans came away lucky -- with only a few tropical diseases from Africa and, probably, syphilis from the New World. In America, disease destoyed civilizations.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- Among the Tuscarora: The strange and mysterious death of John Lawson, gentleman, explorer, and writer
- They've taken his clothes, picked the straight razor out of his pocket: one brave fingers it, touches the blade — bright blood springs from his thumb and he laughs. The pitch pine split by the women is ready, a clay pot full...
- Format: article
- By Marjorie Hudson.
- American Indians
- A guide to some of the best resources for teaching about American Indians, including lesson plans, articles, websites, and field trip opportunities.
- Format: bibliography/help
- An Act to Encourage the Settlement of this Country (1707)
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 2.2
- Passed by the provincial Assembly of Carolina in 1707, this legislation provides incentives for settlers and explains the justification for doing so. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: legislation
