1. North Carolina Ways of Life
By: Mr. Hunter

2. Why did people immigrate to North Carolina?
People in the north viewed NC as an open frontier
Land companies advertised mild climates, fertile soil, and inexpensive land
Highland Scots viewed it as a place to escape religious persecution and political turmoil

3. How did Gabriel Johnson encourage growth of the colony?
He convinced the assembly to pass a law that excused Protestants from other countries from paying taxes for 10 years.
He made large land grants possible.

4. Highland Scots
Cumberland county was formed for them since they rebelled and their farmland was taken away.
Highlanders were traitors; they refused to turn against England during the revolution.

5. Great Wagon Road
Who:
What:
When:
Where:
Why:
What were the results?:

6. Great Wagon Road Who: Pennsylvania settlers
What: a 700-mile wilderness trail for people traveling south
When: 1700’s
Where: along the foot of the Appalachian Mountains
Why: scarcity of land in Pennsylvania

7. Great Wagon Road What were the results?
The Scots-Irish and German-speaking Protestants claimed the backcountry as home.
They moved into the Piedmont where they farmed, raised livestock, and operated gristmills, tanneries, and forges.

8. Great Wagon Road

9. Scots-Irish
Sent to Northern Ireland to Industrialize the country and make it Protestant
Developed a thriving linen and woolen industry
Scots-Irish supported the revolution.

10. Pennsylvania Dutch German-speaking people
Members of several Protestant churches
Fled religious persecution
Moravians: largest body of Germans in NC

11. Enslaved Africans
NC had the smallest population of enslaved Africans and failed to develop and active slave trade (because of good ports and lack of necessity).
Quakers stood against slavery.

12. Social Class System Arrange these in order from lower class to higher
Social Class System Arrange these in order from lower class to higher. Describe each.
Planters
Farmers
Laborers, artisans, apprentices
Indentured servants
Gentry
Enslaved/Free Africans

13. Social Class System Gentry: upper class- clergy, lawyers, doctors
Planters: landowners with many enslaved people
Farmers: backbone of society, militia

14. Social Class System Indentured Servants: contractual labor
Laborers, etc.: apprentices, blacksmiths, weavers, merchants, woodcarvers, etc.
Enslaved/Free Africans: experienced racism, “free” Africans were able to purchase family members, viewed as property

15. Economy/Industry
95% of people in NC made their living through agriculture.
The industry boomed after settlers learned to farm like Native Americans (planting seeds in rows and hills, hoeing weeds, usnig scarecrows)

16. Major Cash Crops
Corn (roasted, fermented it, milled the dried kernels- grits, mill, hominy)
Wheat (sold well in England)
Tobacco

17. Tobacco