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Reading guide: A Declaration and Proposals of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina (1663)

These questions will help to guide students' reading of "A Declaration and Proposals of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina" and encourage them to think critically about the text.

Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)

By Pauline S. Johnson.

East Asian trading ships

Each student will work with a partner as an owner of an overseas shipping company with one cargo ship in East Asia. Students are given these instructions in the overview: In each Asian country that you travel to you will fill your cargo ship with items that you can buy from the list of exports. You will then try to sell these items when you travel to another country that is willing to import these commodities. The winner of the game is the company with the biggest profits at the end of the pretend 15 day time period. Good Luck!

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)

By Tami Kaiser Polge.

The Union blockade

In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 2.5

At the beginning of the U.S. Civil War, Union forces blockaded Confederate ports to stop exports of cotton and imports of war supplies.

Format: article

North and South in 1861

In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 2.1

A comparison of the two sides at the beginning of the Civil War, focusing on their preparedness for war.

Format: book

Taxes, trade, and resistance

In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 2.3

Origins of the American Revolution, 1763–1775. Article describes the reasons for British taxes and trade regulations such as the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts, the colonial response, and the escalation of resistance into violence.

Format: article

A proprietary colony: Exploring the Charter of Carolina

In this lesson for grade 8, students will examine the 1663 Charter of Carolina and complete a graphic organizer exploring the elements of the Charter. Students will then write a letter to the king of England from the perspective of one of the Lords Proprietors.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)

By Pauline S. Johnson.

Girls helping the cause

In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 2.8

Letter from a young woman to her grandmother in which she describes some of the many activities of southern women on the home front in North Carolina. Includes historical commentary.

Format: letter

The Edenton "Tea Party"

In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 2.7

In October 1774, several prominent women of Edenton gathered at the home of Elizabeth King, with Penelope Barker presiding, to sign a petition supporting the American cause. This letter describing the event, which came to be known as the Edenton Tea Party, appeared in a London newspaper. Includes historical commentary.

Format: letter

A forced migration

In Colonial North Carolina, page 4.3

The first Africans, brought to America through forced migration, came as indentured servants to Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619. Africans brought to the colonies in later years were bought and sold as slaves. At the time of the American Revolution, most of the enslaved people in North Carolina lived in the eastern part of the colony and the majority lived on large plantations, where their work was critical to the state’s cash crops and economy.

Format: article

By Jennifer Farley.

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

Timeline of resistance, 1763–1774

In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 2.1

Timeline of the events of the American Revolution between 1763 and 1774.

Thomas Jefferson on manufacturing and commerce

In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 2.2

Excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia (1781) in which he argues that the United States should remain an agricultural nation. Includes historical commentary.

Format: book

Naval stores and the longleaf pine

In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.4

North Carolina's extensive longleaf pine forests provided the natural resources needed to produce materials needed to build and maintain ships -- not only timber but tar, pitch, and rosin. These "naval stores" became North Carolina's most important indusstry in the eighteenth century, but today, the longleaf pine forests are nearly gone.

Format: article

By David Walbert.

The Constitution of the United States

In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.4

An original print copy of the Constitution, 1787. Page 2 of 2 of the original printed Constitution. We...

Format: constitution

A Declaration and Proposals of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina (1663)

In Colonial North Carolina, page 1.6

Initial plans by the Lords Proprietors for settling and governing the province of Carolina. Primary source includes historical commentary.

Format: declaration

Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.

The Charter of Carolina (1663)

In Colonial North Carolina, page 1.4

In the Charter of Carolina, King Charles II of England granted the eight men known as the Lords Proprietors rights to the land that became North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Primary source includes historical commentary.

Format: charter

Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.

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