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====Carolinas====

====Carolinas====

The first attempted English settlement south of Virginia was the Province of Carolina.  It was a private venture, financed by a group of English businessmen calling themselves the "Lords Proprietors," who obtained a [[Royal Charter]] to the Carolinas in 1663, hoping that a new colony in the south would become profitable like that of Jamestown.  Carolina was not settled until 1670, and even then the first attempt failed because there was no incentive for emigration to the south.  However, eventually the Lords combined their remaining capital and financed a settlement mission to the area led by [[John West]]. The expedition located fertile and defensible ground at what was to become [[Charleston]] (originally Charles Town for [[Charles II of England]]), thus beginning the English colonization of the mainland. The original settlers in South Carolina established a lucrative trade in provisions, deerskins and Indian captives with the Caribbean islands. They came mainly from the English colony of [[Barbados]] and brought African slaves with them.  Barbados, as a wealthy [[sugarcane]] plantation island, was one of the early English colonies to large numbers of Africans in plantation style agriculture.  The cultivation of [[rice]] was introduced during the 1690s via Africans from the rice-growing regions of [[West Africa]]. North Carolina remained a frontier through the early colonial period.

The first attempted English settlement south of Virginia was the Province of Carolina.  It was a private venture, financed by a group of English businessmen calling themselves the "Lords Proprietors," who obtained a [[Royal Charter]] to the Carolinas in 1663, hoping that a new colony in the south would become profitable like that of Jamestown.  Carolina was not settled until 1670, and even then the first attempt failed because there was no incentive for emigration to the south.  However, eventually the Lords combined their remaining capital and financed a settlement mission to the area led by John West. The expedition located fertile and defensible ground at what was to become [[Charleston]] (originally Charles Town for [[Charles II

|King Charles II]]), thus beginning the English colonization of the mainland. The original settlers in South Carolina established a lucrative trade in provisions, deerskins and Indian captives with the Caribbean islands. They came mainly from the English colony of [[Barbados]] and brought African slaves with them.  Barbados, as a wealthy [[sugarcane]] plantation island, was one of the early English colonies to large numbers of Africans in plantation style agriculture.  The cultivation of [[rice]] was introduced during the 1690s via Africans from the rice-growing regions of [[West Africa]]. North Carolina remained a frontier through the early colonial period.

At first, South Carolina was politically divided. Its ethnic makeup included the original settlers, a group of rich, slave-owning English settlers from the island of Barbados; and [[Huguenots]], a French-speaking community of Protestants. Nearly continuous frontier warfare during the era of [[King William's War]] and [[Queen Anne's War]] drove economic and political wedges between merchants and planters. The disaster of the [[Yamasee War]], in 1715, set off a decade of political turmoil. By 1729, the proprietary government had collapsed, and the Proprietors sold both colonies back to the British crown.

At first, South Carolina was politically divided. Its ethnic makeup included the original settlers, a group of rich, slave-owning English settlers from the island of Barbados; and [[Huguenots]], a French-speaking community of Protestants. Nearly continuous frontier warfare during the era of [[King William's War]] and [[Queen Anne's War]] drove economic and political wedges between merchants and planters. The disaster of the [[Yamasee War]], in 1715, set off a decade of political turmoil. By 1729, the proprietary government had collapsed, and the Proprietors sold both colonies back to the British crown.