| Series |
The thirteen colonies
Doherty, Craig A. Thirteen colonies. ^A1008208
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Map: The Thirteen Colonies, 1790 -- First Contacts -- Early Explorers -- Map: Land Spain claimed in North America, 16th Century -- Attempted settlement -- Francisco Chicora -- Hernando de Soto (CA. 1496--1542) -- Map: Native Americans of North Carolina -- Native Americans of North Carolina -- Daily life of Native Americans in North Carolina -- Corn -- Managing deer habitat -- Cherokee creation story -- First English settlements in North Carolina -- Raleigh Charter (1584) -- John White (CA. 1540--CA. 1606) -- First clony -- Missing silver cup -- Second colony -- Lost clony -- Defeat of the Spanish Armada (July 1588) -- Roanoke and the story tree rings tell -- Lost in the middle -- Map: Outer Banks of North Carolina -- Changing charters -- Opening paragraphs of the First Charter of Virginia (April 10, 1606) -- Map: Lands of Carolana granted to Robert Heath, 1629 -- Nathaniel Batts (CA. 1620--1679) --Return of the King -- Life in Albemarle County -- Navigation acts (1651--1696) -- Culpeper's Rebellion -- Seth Sothel -- North Carolina Is Created -- North Carolina's first Town -- Indian Wars and pirates -- Native Americans and Disease -- Tuscarora War -- New Bern -- Yamasee War -- Pirate haven -- Blackbeard (Edward Teach, CA. 1680--1718) -- Stede Bonnet (unknown--1718) -- Women pirates -- Royal Colony of North Carolina -- Granville Tract -- Settlers Flock to North Carolina -- Tar Heels -- Graph: Colonial Population of North Carolina, 1620--1790 -- Indentured servants -- Slaves and planters in North Carolina -- Royal Governors and the Colonial Assembly -- French and Indian War, 1755--1762 -- Map: French Territory in North America, 1755 -- Road to Revolution -- East versus West -- Governor's Palace -- Daniel Boone (1734--1820) -- Sugar Act, April 5, 1764 -- Stamp Act, March 22, 1765 -- Sons of Liberty -- Townshend Duties, June 29, 1767 -- Tea Act, May 10, 1773 -- Committees of Correspondence -- Intolerable Acts, 1774 -- War of Independence -- First Continental Congress, September 5 to October 26, 1774 -- War Starts in North Carolina -- Battle of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775) -- Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (May 20, 1775) -- Loyalists, Patriots, and Undecideds -- Second Continental Congress -- First Paragraph of the Declaration of Independence -- War in the North -- War in the South -- War in North Carolina -- Continental army and the Militia -- Map: Battle of Guilford Courthouse, March 15, 1781 -- End of the Revolution -- Becoming Part of a Nation -- Articles of Confederation -- Constitutional Convention, 1787 -- Preamble to the U.S. Constitution -- Ratifying the Constitution -- Bill of Rights -- North Carolina Time Line -- North Carolina Historical Sites -- Further reading -- Books -- Web sites -- Index. |
| Abstract |
For more than 200 years, since the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1788, the government, courts, and people of the United States have been shaped by the words in the document. To understand how the United States came together as a nation, students must first acquaint themselves with the original 13 colonies, and how each of the original colonial followed its own path to the ratification of the Constitution. Covers the history of the colony's growth from the time early European explorers journeyed to the New World until the time the colony ratified the U.S. Constitution in 1789. North Carolina describes life in the early colony, including the many conflicts with Native Americans, disease, the presence of pirates, the use of timber and tar in shipbuilding (which contributed to the state's nickname ("The Tar Heel State"), and the history of slavery in the colony. It examines the early explorers, the growth of European nation-states, and the American Indian civilizations that existed before the Europeans arrived, as well as the first settlements in North Carolina from the first English colonies in Virginia to the creation of North Carolina. The book ends with coverage of the battles and events of the Revolutionary War, such as the Battle of Lexington and Concord, as well as North Carolina's pivotal role in forming the federal constitution (after demanding a Bill of Rights) and its place as the twelfth state to ratify it. Sidebars include: The Bill of Rights The governor's palace Granville Tract New Bern North Carolina's first town Tar Heels Women pirates The Yamasee War. Includes black-and-white photographs, sidebars/box features, maps and graphs, a timeline, a list of historical sites, a bibliography, and an index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2004010985 |
| ISBN | 0816054126 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 9780816054121 (acid-free paper) |
