Carolina frontier (historic)
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The Carolina frontier (historic) refers to the sparsely settled, conflict-prone backcountry region of colonial North Carolina where European settlers, Native American nations, and imperial powers contested control during the 18th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carolina frontier (historic) canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
borderland
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Anglo-Cherokee War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French and Indian War NERFINISHED ⓘ Regulator Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuscarora War NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamasee War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Appalachian Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Piedmont region of North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
cultural interaction
ⓘ
frequent conflict ⓘ imperial rivalry ⓘ sparse European settlement ⓘ |
| conflictType |
inter-imperial warfare
ⓘ
internal colonial unrest ⓘ settler–Native American conflict ⓘ |
| governedBy |
British Crown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Province of North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
deerskin trade
ⓘ
hunting and trapping ⓘ small-scale livestock raising ⓘ subsistence farming ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Indian trading towns
ⓘ
fortified posts ⓘ scattered homesteads ⓘ trading paths ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
shaped patterns of settlement in the interior South
ⓘ
zone of contestation among empires, settlers, and Native nations ⓘ |
| involvedGroup |
British imperial authorities
ⓘ
Catawba Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Cherokee Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ European settlers ⓘ French imperial authorities ⓘ German settlers ⓘ Native American nations ⓘ Scots-Irish settlers ⓘ Spanish imperial authorities ⓘ Tuscarora people NERFINISHED ⓘ enslaved Africans ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British North America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North American backcountry ⓘ colonial North Carolina ⓘ |
| partOf | Southern backcountry ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American colonial frontier
ⓘ
Appalachian frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ backcountry of South Carolina ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
18th century
ⓘ
colonial era ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.