Province of Carolina

The province Carolina was an English colony in North America that existed from 1663 to 1729. In 1729 it was divided and out went the provinces of North and South Carolina forth.

On March 24, 1663, King Charles II of England gave the territories in North America to eight people ( the so-called Lords Proprietor ), who had helped him to ascend the English throne. The province was named in honor of his father Charles I of England (Latin: Carolus ) Carolina.

The Lords Proprietor were Henry Hyde, General Monck, William Craven, John Berkeley, Anthony Ashley -Cooper ( 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ), Sir George Carteret, Sir William Berkeley ( the brother of John Berkeley ) and Sir John Colleton. Lord Shaftesbury showed them the most active interest in Carolina and his secretary, the philosopher John Locke, is said to have designed a never- ratified Constitution.

The area had already been ten years before the first permanent settlement, mainly by immigrants from the colonies Virginia, New England and Bermuda.

In the years 1708 to 1710 could be due to a dispute to attempt to install an Anglican state church, unable to agree on elected representatives and was therefore without a recognized and legal government. Added to this was the outbreak of a war with the Tuscarora and the inability of the Lords Proprietor, to react willing to make decisions on it. This led to the establishment of separate governments for the north and south. Officially separated into North and South Carolina and their own royal colonies Carolina but was only in 1729, when the Lords Proprietor sold their interests to the Crown.

  • Colonial history of North America
  • History of the Thirteen Colonies
  • History of the Bahamas
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