North Carolina

Our Colony

• Founded by Virginia Colonists
• Southern Colony
• Founded in 1653
• North Carolina colony became a state on November 21st 1789
• Religious freedom

Interesting Facts

• In 1712 North Carolina and South Carolina were officialy divided
• North Carolina colony's first governor was Edward Hyde
• hn White, he was the father of the first English baby born in the "new world". Her name was Virginia Dare. These colonists all disappeared in 1590 and the first permanent settle would not arrive until more than 60 years later in 1653.

The people made money by concentrated on agriculture and developed the plantations exporting tobacco, cotton, corn, vegetable's, grains, fruit and livestock.