Province of Carolina

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British North American colony English colony former colony

The Province of Carolina was a large English colonial territory in North America, later divided into North and South Carolina, that played a significant role in early colonial expansion and conflicts.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
South Carolina Colony 2
English Province of Carolina 1
South Carolina colonial authorities 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British North American colony ⓘ
English colony ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Spanish Florida ⓘ
Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Virginia Colony
capital Charleston ⓘ
surface form: Charles Town

Charleston ⓘ
charterGrantedTo Lords Proprietors ⓘ
surface form: Eight Lords Proprietors

Lords Proprietors ⓘ
charterIssued 24 March 1663 ⓘ
charterRevokedBy British Crown ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdBy Charles II of England ⓘ
surface form: King Charles II of England

Royal charter ⓘ
currency Carolina pound ⓘ
Pound sterling ⓘ
dissolved 1712 ⓘ
1729 ⓘ
dividedInto Province of North Carolina ⓘ
Province of South Carolina ⓘ
economyBasedOn plantation agriculture ⓘ
endTime 1712 ⓘ
1729 ⓘ
etymology derived from Latin Carolus meaning Charles ⓘ
governmentType proprietary colony ⓘ
royal colony ⓘ
hadStatus proprietary colony until early 18th century ⓘ
royal colony after proprietors lost control ⓘ
includedTerritory parts of present-day Alabama ⓘ
parts of present-day Louisiana ⓘ
parts of present-day Mississippi ⓘ
parts of present-day Tennessee ⓘ
present-day Georgia (partly) ⓘ
present-day North Carolina ⓘ
present-day South Carolina ⓘ
involvedIn Anglo-Spanish conflicts in North America ⓘ
Tuscarora War ⓘ
Yamasee War ⓘ
laterCountry Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
surface form: Thirteen Colonies region
majorCrops indigo ⓘ
rice ⓘ
namedAfter Charles I of England ⓘ
surface form: King Charles I of England
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf British America ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
precededBy Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Virginia Colony (southern claims)
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
significantFor border conflicts with Spanish Florida ⓘ
conflicts with Native American peoples ⓘ
development of plantation slavery in North America ⓘ
early English colonial expansion in the American South ⓘ
startTime 1663 ⓘ
successor Province of North Carolina ⓘ
Province of South Carolina ⓘ
usedLaborSystem African slavery ⓘ
indentured servitude ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of St. Augustine (1702) → belligerent → Province of Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Province of Carolina
Charleston → capitalOf → Province of Carolina ⓘ
Southern Colonies → composedOf → Province of Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Carolina Colony
Colonial America → hasPart → Province of Carolina ⓘ
American colonial assemblies → locatedIn → Province of Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Carolina Colony
Stono Rebellion → opponent → Province of Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Carolina colonial authorities
Queen Anne's War → participant → Province of Carolina ⓘ