Carolina
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Carolina was a major English colony in North America that later split into the separate colonies (and eventual U.S. states) of North Carolina and South Carolina.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carolina (colony) | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | British colony ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Spanish Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Charles Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| charterConfirmedOn | 1665 ⓘ |
| charterGrantedBy | King Charles II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| charterGrantedOn | 1663 ⓘ |
| charterGrantedTo | Eight Lords Proprietors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1729 ⓘ |
| earlierExploredBy |
French explorers
ⓘ
Spanish explorers ⓘ |
| economy | plantation agriculture ⓘ |
| established | 1663 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Province of North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Province of South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
King Charles II of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lords Proprietors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType |
proprietary colony
ⓘ
royal colony ⓘ |
| hadMajorPort | Charles Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedTerritoryNowIn |
Georgia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Atlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Carolina charter of 1663
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carolina charter of 1665 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorCrops |
indigo
ⓘ
rice ⓘ tobacco ⓘ |
| namedAfter | King Charles I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedInLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | land of Charles ⓘ |
| originallyClaimedBy | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
British Empire
ⓘ
Southern Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| splitFormalized | 1729 ⓘ |
| splitIntoSeparateColonies |
North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusChangedToRoyalColony | early 18th century ⓘ |
| usedLaborSystem | slavery ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.