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Was a province of Great Britain that existed in North America from 1712 to 1776, when the colonies declared independence. It was one of the five Southern colonies and one of the thirteen American colonies.
Establishment
January 1712: The "Partition of Carolina" in 1712 divided the Carolina territory into two separate colonies: the Province of North Carolina and the Province of South Carolina.
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
Was a war fought in North Carolina mainly between the Tuscarora people and the English settlers.
January 1713: South Carolina sent Colonel John Barnwell with a force of 30 white officers and about 500 Native Americans from South Carolina, including Yamasee, Wateree, Congaree, Waxhaw, Pee Dee, and Apalachee. Barnwell's expedition traveled over 300 miles and arrived in January 1712. There the force was supplemented by 50 local militiamen and attacked the Tuscarora, who retreated to Fort Neoheroka in Greene County.
February 1713: In 1713, Colonel John Barnwell led an expedition against the Tuscarora. This disappointed the North Carolina settlers who had hoped for a complete defeat of the Tuscarora. Barnwell later left for South Carolina, leaving the territory to be incorporated into the Province of North Carolina.
Were fought by European governments and colonists in North America, and later by the United States and Canadian governments and American and Canadian settlers, against various American Indian and First Nation tribes.
2.1.Cherokee-American wars
Were a series of skirmishes between the Cherokee and the American settlers on the frontier.
October 1768: To address the issue of settlers living beyond the boundaries established by earlier treaties, John Stuart, the Superintendent for Southern Indian Affairs, negotiated a treaty on October 17, 1768. This agreement resulted in the Cherokee surrendering their claims to lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the Colony of Virginia. This territory now encompasses most of West Virginia and eastern Kentucky, as well as a portion of southwestern Pennsylvania.
November 1768: After Pontiac's War, the Iroquois Confederacy ceded to the British government its claims to the hunting grounds between the Ohio and Cumberland rivers, known to them and other Indians as Kain-tuck-ee, in the 1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix.
March 1775: Richard Henderson and his investors reached an agreement with the Cherokees to purchase a vast tract of lands west of the southern and central Appalachian Mountains. In the purchased region, they founded the extra-legal Transylvania Colony.
Was the war of independence of the United States of America (at the time the Thirteen Colonies) against Great Britain.
July 1776: United States Declaration of Independence: the Thirteen Colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain regarded themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule.
3.1.Southern theatre of the American Revolutionary War
Was the southern theater of war of the American Revolutionary War. It encompassed engagements primarily in Virginia, Georgia and South Carolina.
3.1.1.Snow Campaign
Was a U.S. military campaign in Carolina during the American Revolutionary War.
November 1776: By November 27 a Colonial army led by Colonel Richardson reached the Congaree River.
December 1776: The Patriot force occupied the North Carolina interior by December 23. The Patriot forces then made their way back toward the coast.
Disestablishment
July 1776: United States Declaration of Independence: the Thirteen Colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain regarded themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule.
November 1776: By November 27 a Colonial army led by Colonel Richardson reached the Congaree River.
December 1776: The Patriot force occupied the North Carolina interior by December 23. The Patriot forces then made their way back toward the coast.
Selected Sources
Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
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Province of North Carolina
