Voices from Colonial America: North Carolina 1524-1776

by Cannavale, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9781426300332
• ISBN10: 1426300336
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-10
• Publisher: National Geographic Kids

Summary

A Spanish conquistador hunts for gold. Colonists vanish from the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Pirates lurk among the many islands and inlets along the coast. Colonists and Native Americans battle fiercely in the Tuscarora War. The early history of North Carolina reads like the ultimate adventure novel, and the story accelerates when thousands of Scotch-Irish and German immigrants flock to the colony, making it the fourth largest on the eve of the American Revolution. Readers of this dramatic history will also relish episodes such as the bloody showdown at Alamance Creek, the Edenton Tea Party, and the Battle at Moore's Creek Bridge--all important markers along the road to statehood and victory in the war for American independence.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
Early Explores and Native People	p. 13
The Colonies at Roanoke	p. 25
Trade, Tobacco, and the Carolina Colony	p. 39
Encounters With Indians and Pirates	p. 53
A Royal Colony	p. 65
Tryon and the Regulators	p. 75
North Carolina in the Revolution	p. 83
Toward Statehood	p. 97
Time Line	p. 104
Resources	p. 105
Quote Sources	p. 106
Index	p. 107
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