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General Assembly, under the Pro- prietary government, 43 Georgia, Conquest of, in Revolution, 455 German Protestants, 78 German settlements, first, 174
Germans, 162; give marked impulse to education, 203 Germantown, battle of, 440
Gibbs, John, 64 Gilbert, Humphrey, 3
Glasgow, James, 419
Glover, William, 92
Gordon, William, 117
Government of Albemarle, Seal of (il- lustration), 39
Governor, first, of Albemarle county, 29; first, of Carolina, 74; authority of under Proprietary government, 40; last royal, of North Carolina, 387
Governors, early, 50
"Governor's Palace," 299
Granville District, 222; rioters, 225
Grant for land, oldest extant, 27
Great Deed of Grant, 30, 47, 227
Great Seal, 419
Greene, Nathanael, 475; (portrait), 482 Grenville, Richard, 9
Griffin. Charles, 200
Growth of Independence, 389
Guerrilla warfare, in Revolution. 460 Guilford Court House, battle of, 483
Halifax, Declaration of Independence officially proelaimed to people of North Carolina at, 410
Hambright, Frederiek, 371
Hamilton, John, 430
Hariot, Thomas, 9
Harnett, Cornelius, 324, 336, 355. 363, 377, 412, 415. 419, 488, 496
Hart, Thomas, 314
Harvey, John, 26, 60, 348
Harvey, Thomas, 74
Hatteras Indians, 250
Hawkins, Benjamin, 446, 498
Hawley, William, 24
Haywood, William, 419 Heath charter of 1629, 28
Heath, Robert, 22; patent. 22
Henderson, Richard, 294
Hewes, Joseph, 348, 349, 355, 400. 401 Highlanders, exodus of from North Carolina, 1777, 430 Hill, Whitmill, 377
Hillsboro Congress of August. 1775, 370
Hogan. James, 371, 439 Holt, Michael, 314
Hooper, William, 314, 347, 348, 349, 355. 390, 400; (portrait), 401
Hostility between Indian tribes, 252
House of Commons, under the Pro- prietary government, 44
Houston, William. 322
Howard. Martin, 430
Howe, Robert, 316, 355, 363, 373. 439
Howell. Rednap, 304
Huguenots, 75
Hunter. James, 304
Husband. Herman, 304 Hyde, Edward, 42, 97
Industrial life of colony during first seventy-five years, 185
Illustrations: The Arrival of the Eng- lish in "Virginia," 5; Indian War- riors of Roanoke, 11; Seal of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina. 36:
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Seal of the Government of Albc- marle and Province of North Caro- lina, 166- to 1730, 39; St. Paul's Church at Edenton, 89; Colonial Currency Showing Autograph of Ed- ward Moseley, 96; St. Thomas' Church at Bath, 119; Orton, 151; Seal of the Province of North Caro- lina, 1739-1767, 211; Currency Is- sued during French and Indian War, 271; Tryon Palace, 300; Bronze Tab- let on State Highway near Kinston, 420; Cannon purchased by Governor Caswell during the Revolution, 450 Immigration checked by Indian wars, 108; German, 170; Scotch, 158
Imperial and Inter-Colonial Relations, 239
Indentured servants, 182
Independence of United States of
America, 502; growth of, 389;
North Carolina first colonies to vote for, 389
Indian conspiracy of 1715, 259
Indian slaves, 100
Indian tribes, 250; hostility between, 252; attitude of during Revolution. 380
Indian troubles, 50, 70, 253, 280; dur- ing Revolution, 406
Indian wars of 1711-1715, 100; check immigration, 108; beneficial result, 110
Indian Warriors of Roanoke (illustra- tion), 11
Indians, Lane's relations with, 10; in- justice to, 100; Cherokee, 107, 254, 407; Yamassee, 105; Hatteras, 250; Mattamuskeets, 250; Pottasketes, 250; Chowanocs, 250; Tuscarora, 250; Catawba. 252; relations with the colonies, 256; removal of, 257; effect on removal of French and Spanish allies, 283
Innes, James, 262, 272
Inter-Colonial and Imperial relations, 239
Invasion of North Carolina, 468 Iredell, James, 418
Jarvis, Thomas, 26, 74 Jenkins, John. 26, 54, 60
Jones, Allen, 412
Jones, Thomas, 377, 412 Jones, Willie, 316, 355, 377, 412, 416 Johnson, Nathaniel, 90
Johnston, Gabriel, 153, 156, 167, 218
Johnston. Samuel. 315, 348, 352, 367, 371, 377, 390, 412, 415; (portrait), 368
Journalism in North Carolina, 207
Judicial system, under the Proprietary government, 45
Judiciary, control of, 241; under con- trol of Crown, 241
Kentucky, 296 Kinchen, John, 377 King George's war. 258 King William's war. 258
King's Mountain, 471; batle of. 472; turning point in Revolution, 474
Land and slaves, chief form of wealth. 186
Land bounties, 500
Land grant, oldest extant, 27
Land question, 67
Lane colony, threatened by famine, 12 Lane, Ralph, 8; relations with the In- dians, 10
Last royal Assembly, 362
Last royal governor of North Carolina, 387
Laws, revision of early, 113; confusion of early, 116
Lawson, John, 80, 101
Leech, Joseph 419
Legislation of 1715, 113
Libraries, first, 206
Lillington, Alexander, 150, 316, 373, 439 Lincoln, Benjamin, 456
Loan certificates, 434
London Company, 21
Long, Nicholas, 373
Lords Proprietors, 28; list Seal of (illustrations), 36
of, 32;
"Lost Colony," 18; fate of, 18
Loyalist conspiracy, 428
Ludwell, Philip, 64; (portrait), 66 Lutherans, 196
Maclaine, Archibald, 412, 418
Martin, Alexander, 203, 314, 361, 425, 440, 467, 493
Martin, Josiah, 318, 338
Mattamuskeets Indians, 250
McAden, Hugh, 194
McDowell, Charles, 469
McDowell, Joseph (portrait), 473
McIntosh, Lachlan, 441
"Mecklenburg Declaration," 302
"Mecklenburg Declaration of Independ. ence," 394
Mecklenberg Resolutions of May 31, 393
Meherrin Indians, 70
Methodists, 197
Military assistance to sister states, in Revolution, 455
Military problems, 437
Militia, 269, 354, 360, 437; basis of organization, 438; during the Revo- lution. 438
Miller, Thomas, 54
Minute-men, 373, 437
Missionaries, early, 117
Money, paper, 431
Monmouth, battle of, 441
Moore, George, 150, 324
Moore, James, 105, 316, 373. 385, 439
Moore, Maurice, 106, 147, 150
Moore, Roger, 150
Moore's Creek Bridge, battle of, 384; saved North Carolina from conquest, 388
Moseley, Edward, 94, 215; facsimile of autograph, 96
Moseley, Sampson, 150
Nash, Abner, 316, 348, 355, 377; (por- trait), 426 Nash. Francis, 316, 371, 440 Nashville, 296
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Naval engagements during Revolution, 451
Navigation Act, 52
Negro slavery, 183
New Bern, 82, 123; capital at, 299 Newspapers, early, 207
Newtown, 153
Non-Importation Association, 334, 356 Norfolk, burning of, 384
North American colonization, Raleigh true parent of, 19
North Carolina, first European known to have described the coast, 1; first permanent settlers from Virginia, 21; oldest grant for land extant, 27; government during Proprietary pe- riod, 37; constitution of as a Pro- prietary, 39; Albemarle parent set- tlement of, 39; Albemarle nucleus of, 63; first governor of, 74; ceased to be Proprietary colony, 138; becomes Royal Colony, 141; English settle- ment of, 144; population prior to census of 1790, 178; boundary dis- pute, 242; part in French and In- dian war, 285; grant of 1665, Ten- nessee ineluded in, 289; end of Brit- ish rule, 353; first chief executive of, independent of British crown, 377; last royal governor, 387; first col- onies to vote for independence, 389; political sentiment in 1774, 391; in- dependent state, 411; exodus of Highlanders from in 1777. 430; Con- tinental Army qnota, 439; military . assistance to sister states, in Revo- lution, 455; invasion of, 468
"North Carolina Gazette," 207
"North Carolina Magazine," 207 "Nutbush Address," 306
Ohio Land Company, 267
Oldest church, 88; (illustration), 119 Oldest grant for land on the Cape Fear, 149 Orton, 150; (illustration), 151 Osborne, Adlai, 203
Palatines, The, 80 Palmer, Paul, 195
Paper money, 431 Parliamentary taxation, 321 Passing of the Proprietary, 124
Penn, Jolin, 371, 400, 467, 496
Permanent settlement, 25 Person, Thomas, 377, 402, 412, 419
Pilmoor, Joseplı, 197
Pioneers, early, 25; character of, 26
Piraey, 125; destroyed in North Caro- lina. 127 Pitt. William, 276
Plantations, early, general description of, 187
Planters, 180 Politieal and Constitutional contro- versies, 210
Political parties, early. 112
Politieal sentiment in North Carolina, 1774, 391
Polities in early days. 122
Polk. Thomas, 371, 439 Pollock, Thomas, 103, 112
Population in 1730, 143; prior to cen- sus of 1790, 178
Porter, Edmund, 214
Portraits: Sir Walter Raleigh, fron- tispiece: Governor Philip Ludwell, . 66; Christopher Gale, First Chief Justice of North Carolina, 131; Ar- thur Dobbs, 166; Augustus G. Spangenberg, 172; Hugh Waddell 279; Daniel Boone, 290; Samuel Johnston, 368; William Hooper 401; Joseph Hewes, 401; Governor Abner Nash, 426; Isaac Shelby, 470; Colonel Joseph McDowell, 473; Na- thanael Greene, 482
Potato, 13; cultivation introduced to England by Raleigh, 13
Pottaskete Indians, 250
Preacher, first, 85
Presbyterians, 194
Press, first, 207; late in coming to North Carolina, 206
Pricklove, Samuel, 26
Prisoners, Revolutionary war, release of, 501
Prison-ships, 500
Privateers, French, 263; Spanish, 263; in Revolution, 449
Problems of Reconstruction (after In- dian war), 111
Property of Tories confiscated, 434 Proprietary government, I, 32; adopted for new colony, 34; provisions of, 35; Carolina government during, 37; authority of Governor under, 40; Council, 42; General Assembly, 43: House of Commons, 44; judicial sys- tem, 45: wars and rebellions under. 47; revolt against, 58: passing of the, 124; North Carolina ceased to be, 138; ended in 1729, 140: differ- ence between Proprietary govern- ment and Crown government, 210 Provincial Council. 367, 376; difficulties of. 378
Provincial Congress, 354, 362; second. adjournment of, 367
Province of North Carolina, Seal of (illustration), 39; 1730-1767 (illus- trations), 211
Quakers, 86, 193; expulsion of from courts, Council and Assembly, 91 Queen's College. 204 Queen Anne's war. 258
Quince, Richard. 336 Quit rents, 47; controversy, 214
Racial elements, 302 "Radieals," 402 Rainsford. Giles, 117
Raleigh. Walter, introduced tobacco and potato into England, 13; true parent of North American coloniza - tion. 19; efforts to plant colouy failed, 21: (portrait), frontispiece Raleigh's charter. 4 Ramsanr's Mill. 461, 478
Rawdon, Lord, 457 Reconstruction, problems of (after In- diau War), 111 Regulation. The, 306; ended. 318
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Regulation and Revolution, difference between, 319
Regulators, 302
Relfe, Thomas, 26
Religion, 190; denominations, early, 87; in early days, 122; Colonial North Carolina, 180; dissension, 192 Religious body, oldest organized in North Carolina. 88
"Revisal of 1715," 113
Revision of early laws, 113
Revolt against proprietary govern- ment, 58
Revolution and Regulation, difference between, 319
Revolution in South Carolina, 140
Revolutionary war, preparations for, 359; beginning of. 359; organiza- tion of army, 373: civil government during, 374: attitude of Indian tribes during, 380; breakdown of finances in. 431; depreciation of cur- rency, 432: military problems, 437; militia, 438: draft law, 443; war bounties, 444: difficulty in obtaining supplies. 447; privateers, 449; naval engagements, 451: in the South, 455; guerrilla warfare, 460; King's Mountain turning point in, 474; after effects. 495; release of prison- ers, 501
Rice, Nathaniel, 231
Rioters, Granville District, 225
Roads, early, 124; plans for, 122
Robertson, James, 291, 296
Roanoke colonies, 9; beginning of English colonization in America, 20 Roanoke Island, 5
Rowan, Mathew, 167, 231
Royal Assembly, last, 362
Royal Colony, North Carolina be- comes a, 141
Royal government, downfall of, 338
Royal governor, last, of Northi Caro- lina, 387 Royal rule in North Carolina, 143 Rutherford, Griffith, 316, 412
Savannah, capture of. 455 Saw mills, 125 Schism Act, 198
School, first, 200; early, 201; first classical in North Carolina, 204 Scotch Highlanders, 155 Scotch immigration, 158
Scotch-Irish, 162; reason for emigra- tion, 164; give marked impulse to education, 203
Seal of the Government of Albemarle and Province of North Carolina, 166- to 1730 (illustration), 39
Seal of the Lords Proprietors of Caro- lina (illustrations), 36
Seal of the Province of North Caro- lina, 1730-1767 (illustrations), 211 Second Provincial Congress, 362; ad- journment of. 367
Servants, white, 182; indentured, 182 Settlement, permanent, 25 Settlements on the Albemarle, 27 Sevier. John. 294, 469 Sharpe. William, 498
Shelby, Isaac, 469; (portrait), 470 Sheppard, Abraham, 439 Ship building, 448
Signers of Declaration of Independ-, ence, 348, 371
Sims, George, 306
"Sir Walter Raleigh's Lost Colony," 18
Slavery, 183; rapid growth, 184
Slaves, Indian, 100
Small farmers, 181
"Snow Campaign," 382 Smuggling, 125
Social and industrial life of the colony during first seventy-five years, 185
Society, Colonial North Carolina, 180: class distinctions, 180; planters, 180; small farmers. 181; white servants, 182; indentured servants, 182; negro slavery, 183
Sothel, Seth, 41, 61
South Carolina, conquest of, 458
"South Carolina Gazette, The," 207 Spaight, Richard D., 498
Spangenberg, Augustus G. (portrait), 172 Spanish Armada. 16
Spanish danger to the colonies, 258
Spanish milled dollar, change to from Englishı pound, 374
Spanish privateers, 263
Spanish war, 260; first call for troops. 260
Spencer, Samuel, 203, 377, 412, 418 St. James, 154
St. Paul's Church at Edenton (illustra- tion), 89
St. Phillips, 154
St. Thomas' Church at Bath (illustra- tion), 119
Stamp Act, 321; first opposition to in North Carolina, 321; repealed, 330 Starkey. Edward, 419
Stay law, 30
Stephens, Samuel, 29
Steuart, Andrew, 208
Stony Point, 441
Sufferings of Continental Army, 445
Sumner, Jethro, 371, 439
Supplies, difficulty in obtaining, Revo- lutionary war, 447
Surrender of Charleston, 442
Survey, first, 136
Suther, Samuel, 196
Swann, Samuel, 232
"Swann's Revisal," 207
Swiss colony, 79
Tarleton, Banastre, 457 Tate's Academy, 204
Taxes, 109, 303, 321, 432; ad valorem. 433
Taylor. Ebenezer, 118
Taylor, William, 422
Teach, Edward, 127
Teacher, first professional, 200
Tennessee included in Carolina grant of 1665, 289
Thackston. James, 373
Tobacco, 13; use introduced to English bv Raleigh, 13; staple of colonies, 69
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Tories of North Carolina, 408, 427; feeling against, 430; property of confiscated, 434 Townshend Acts, 331 Trade relations, 246
Transylvania Company, 295
Treaty of Paris, 288
Treaty of 1783, 431 Troops, first call for, Spanish war, 260 Tryon Palace (illustration), 300
Tryon, William, 287
Tuscarora, 100; immediate cause of war, 101 Tuscarora Indians, 250 Tynte, Edward, 97
Union sentiment, 335
United States of America, Independ- ence of, 502 Urmstone, John, 117
Vail, Edward, 373 Valley Forge, 440
Verrazzano, Giovanni da, 1
Vestry act, 116
"Virginia," Arrival of the English in (illustration), 5; hostile throughout Proprietary period, 68 "Virginia Gazette," 207
Wade, Thomas, 373 Waddell, Hugh, 150, 276, 298, 316, 322; (portrait), 279
Walker, Henderson, 74, 84
War bounties, during Revolution, 444 War in the South, 455
War of the Regulation, 302 Wars and rebellions, under Proprietary government, 47
War with Spain, 260; first call for troops, 260 Washingon, George, 267, 462 Watauga, 292
Watauga Association, 293
Wealth, land and slaves chief form of, 186
Webster, James, 457
Western settlements, 291
Westward expansion, 287
White, John, 9, 14
White servants, 182
Wilderness Trail, 295
Wilkinson, Henry, 41
Williams, John, 295, 439
Williamson, Hugh, 498
Wilmington, 153
Winston, Joseph, 371, 471
Woodward, Thomas, 73
Yamassee Indians, 105
Yamassee war, 259 Yeamans, John, 41 Yellow fever, 103 "Yellow Jacket, The," 207
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