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NC History 2297 McKinnley
Mid Tertm Terms
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10/02/2011

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East West Orientation
Definition
Political not geographical, rivers run from North to South so this slowed developement in NC
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Sir Walter Raleigh
Definition
Quenn Elizabeths favorite for a while, Pushed for funds/ settlement of NC
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Lost Colony
Definition
1597 John White 3rd expedition, Outer Banks Spanish Amrada came and three years later went back to US to find no one there.
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1712
Definition
John Lawson and whites trying to take over land. Tuscaworas took them over and killed them. NC and SC split, mainly as a result of the war.
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Proprieters
Definition
8 guys supported by King CHarles II. Giben portions of land and made no trips to the US.
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Assembly
Definition
First form of democratic gov't (legislative), relationship to proprieters: believes their is some kind of gov't in NC, dont want to follow proprieters (wild child)
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Carolina Charters
Definition

1663 and 1665, extensive rights of governence so proprieters could make laws. This ment citizens had to okay the laws first. Contained religious tollerence

 

Wanted authorization to set up Anglicanism as the offical relgion.

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Concessions and agreement
Definition
1665- Carolinas first written constitution, Land distribution polic, religious tollerence/freedom.
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Fundamentals Constitution
Definition
1669-1698: Protected Proprieters interest
Avoided Democracy
Tried to set up Feudal society and gov't
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Great Deed of Grant
Definition
1668: Encouraged settlers down from VA to Come to NC
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Class and Society
Definition
Janet Shaw and Woodmason
Best Poor mans colony
Were horrified of NC
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Religion
Definition
Angligans: Mostly Coast/Elite religion
Quakers: Dominated religous front before war.
Dissenters: Not Anglicans
Moravians: Settled from PA in piedmont
Presbyterians: Preachers were not usually trained till late 18th century
NC never had an offical religion.
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Significants but not institutional dominnace
Definition
1668: Slavery wasnt as big as in VA AND SC
Slave holding interest didnt dominate politics
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1715 Act
Definition
Focused on Indentured Servents
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1741 Act
Definition
Focused on Slaves
Happened because of Stono Rebellion
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David Walker
Definition
Wrote Appeal to colored people
-Hated Slavery, Born in Wilmington, Moved to the North.
-1831 he wrote this
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Royal Preogative
Definition
The Europeans wanted to set laws/ Rule
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Charter Rights
Definition
Legislative rights
-We can stop or change laws
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Comtempacy
Definition
Keep land in the family, get land(economics)
Against slaver: Wanted to rely on family labor, Poverty kept them from purchasing slaves
You should do your own work (morals)
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Granville District
Definition
North half of NC, inherited by John Lord Carteret
Crown doesnt like this land, land deeds
1763:Land Granville died
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Squatter
Definition
camps out on someone elses land and makes it their own.
Thinks they are settlers till owner comes by and tells them it is his and get off immediately
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Henry Eustace McCullough
Definition
Dad owns hunge hunk of land in Back Country
Sends son over to buy/sell his land
Edmond fanning is his boy
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Sugar Creek
Definition
Febuary 1765 Angry Farmers took on Fanning and McCulloh.
Rejected their proposition and were threatedned public humiliation by tying him neck and heels and carrying him east over the Yadkin Rivers, persumably to ser hime on his way home.
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Edmon Fanning
Definition
Hated in town
Orange County Reublican buddy with Govenor Tryon
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Thomas Polk
Definition
Ambituous
Founded Charlotte
Back Country elite
Gets bought off by McCullogh
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Major readon demise of Native Americans in Eastern North Carolina
Definition
Virgin Soil Epidemic
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Important english promoter of NC expeditions
Definition
Walter Ruels
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1669 document
Definition
Fudemental Constituition of NC
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NC Slave act after Stono Rebellion
Definition
1741 ACT
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Wrote anti Slavery to collored citizens of the world
Definition
David Walker
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Regulators Leader
Definition
Herman Husband
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Individualism
Definition
Challenges Social Orders
People dont offically join churches
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The Spirit Within
Definition
Wnated a more direct relationship with God
We can decided what is right and wrong
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Great Awakening
Definition
Started by Europeans with Colonial early settlers Popular Religion Revivals
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Daniel Boone
Definition
Dissenting protestism in the backcounty
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Charles Woodson
Definition

Angligan Well to do planter; Charleston Became traveling minister, thinks backcountry people needed educated ministers

 

Illegitamate marriages and bastard children in the backcountry of NC

 

 

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Religious Climate
Definition
Independents were people who consciously decided that no church, not even a radical one, could degine their faith for them.
Second: Focusing on climate brings into view the relgious experience of ordinary farming men and women rather than the ideas of the minsters and the church leaders.
Last: an emphasis on what bound people together across sectarian lines rather than what divided them allows a more realistic assessment of peoples collective strength.
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Sandy Creek
Definition
1776: Farmers protesting corruption in the back country officals/speculater
Voice of the farmers is heard
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Radical whig idealist
Definition
Right to right unjust government.
Principles out of political protest from Europe
Against lose buecracy/standing army/high taxation/ loss of individual rights
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Herman Husband
Definition
Cheif political thinker of regulators
Prosperous farmer
Voice of the regulators
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Susan Raine
Definition
Poor famrer being squeezed out of land and food by the land owner. She was a squatter who was kicked out by Houston Kulla.
This helped lead to the Regualtor Rebellion.
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Loyal, Deferentia, reluctant revolutionaries
Definition
Kars described the regulators this way
Loyal to the King George (regulators), reluctant to revolution
View on Gov Tryon need to see corruption in backcountry
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Sons of Liberty
Definition
Located mostly in the east,Wealthy
Viewed as a legit protest group because government needed to serve people.
Didnt view regulators as legit, because also there werent aglicans.
Sub Group of the Whigs
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Governor Tryon with Regulators
Definition
Ignored them and denounces them
Aggresive towards Regulators
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Hillsboro 1768
Definition
Husband arrested and Regulators go to the courthouse. Conflict: Regulators say King George would side with them if he knew what was going on.
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Hillsboro
Definition
1768: Husband arrested and Regulators go to the courthouse.
Conflict: Regulators say King George who they are loyal to would do something to Tryon if King knew what Tryon was doing.
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One Penny
Definition
What Fanning was charged with for exercism.
Slap on hand to speculator, more of a slap @ Regulators
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Angligan Reforms
Definition
1) reform political process
2)courts/debts collections
3) regessive poll taxs taken off
4)land distribution greviency
5) Rejoin Anglican church
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Johnston riot act
Definition
was a law against riots that said if you were in a group of ten or more and didnt disband within one hour of being told to you would be tried as a felon.
Allowed for trial in emergency courts as well as being retro active for a year.
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Hillsboro 1771
Definition
Regulators could have killed Fannning, but more just wanted to intimidate him.
Destroyed his house as intimidation,
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Hillsboro 1771
Definition
Regulators could have killed Fannning, but more just wanted to intimidate him.
Destroyed his house as intimidation,
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Tryon and the Assembly
Definition
Illegation march.
Assembly cooperated with Tryon because both saw farmers as rebels
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1776 NC Constitution
Definition
Shifted power from the executive, the Govenor to the Legislator. Especially the lower house.
-Away from conservative to deomcracy.
-Bill of Rights: Became the hallmark of its revolutionary committment
--established individual political rights
--free and open elections
--Supremacy of civil over military order
-- right to bare arms
Legislative had most of the power
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Josiah Martin
Definition
Incompitent
puppet to british government
1771 lost colony govenor
Torrys didnt step up
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Mecklenburge Resolves
Definition

Deny Soverty of Crown, Cease in June 17 There was no Governemnt in Meck Co. 1775: Only legit government in America is Continential Congress.

 

- denied the authority to tax and govern nc altogether, and rejected the sovereignty of the king

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Moore Creek Bridge
Definition
Whigs won this battle, set loyalist back.
Was first big defeat against loyalist that made them realize defeat was coming.
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Halifax Resolves
Definition
Where NC declared independence from Bristish Rule.
"Will join those who want independence"
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Coservative Whigs
Definition

Forced popular democracy. Wanted powerful govenor Property Protected Appointed judiciary wanted conservative whigs for judiciary

 

wanted independence from England, but not popular democracy (allowing any and everybody to vote or be elected)

Wanted to replace the king with a strong american executive (hadn't come up with a title yet)

They wanted only men of education, status, and property to be allowed to run the country, since they alone knew what would be best for the masses

 

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Radical Whig
Definition

Democracy wanted legislature most powerful elected judiciary religious freedom free press, religion

 

wanted what could be considered the natural evolution of whiggery, to overthrow the king and install a simple democracy

No strong executive, just a strong legislative branch, frequent elections to keep everyone honest

Free elections, free press, free religious affiliation

 

Term
Kings Mountain
Definition
Ferguson:Commander of the British Troops
Over the mountain men: oussed off from Weston hills of NC.
--Smokey residents: most fighters in the mountains
--Whipe the british out
*Revenge on Tarelton at Kings Mountain for cowardly act
Term
Tarelton Quarter
Definition
British Commander
Waxhaws:Patriots tried to surrender and Tarelton didnt accept and decided to keep attacking and kill them all.
We got revenge at Kings Mountain.
Term
Nathanial Macon
Definition
Wealthy Planter
Was vocal agaisnt jefferson once jefferson was president.
Macon agains the demand to no allow american ships to Europe as leverage as he saw this as self inflicted punishment.
Strict interpritation of state rights
Formed Quids (small but fuctional within Republican Party)
Jefferson Embarge Act he disagreed with.
White houise furniture should be furnished by the President.
Term
Bill of Rights
Definition
1786 Constitution had no bill of rights so NC didnt radify it.
RI and NC only ones not to radify the constitution.
Ready thinks we didnt radify constitution for other reasons.
89' Fayetteville we radified the Constitiution.
Term
UNC, Caldwell
Definition
Federalist supported/proposed
Show we have intellagence
Caldwell first UNC President
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Democrats vs Whigs
Definition
Deomcrats:more small government; conservative
Whigs: Activist government; internal improvement
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1835 convention
Definition
2nd constitution for NC
Westerns wanted change
Relgion
disfranchise free aa's from voting
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William Holden Thomas
Definition
Only white man to ever be used as full indian chief.
Studied law to protect his indians.
Understood they must become full citizens of NC.
Held meetings with Qualla as a lufty to discus movement reguarding trail of tears act.
Held ground and get to stay in mountains of NC.
Term
Disease and Trade indians
Definition
Peaked at 20,000 with 1860 to 12,000
traded with Whites
Deers were in shortage so it messed up checks and balances in Indians society.
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Qualla Indians
Definition
Quallatown, Cherokee Country, Near River
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Lufty
Definition
Okalufty river settlement
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Eastern Band
Definition
Luftys and Quallas joined together before trail of tears.
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John Ellis
Definition
State Govenor 1858 Support from East and he wanted to keep slaves. Succession: advocate for it
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NC Civil War role and sacrifices
Definition
More NC soliders suffere deaths than any other state.
Confederate Cabinet was empty of North Carolinians
Term
Hatteras
Definition
August 1861
Big victory for Union troops that took over that took over the port of Hatteras away from confederates.
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Roanoke
Definition
Febuary 1862
Union vicotry taking away another dominate port in NC
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Zebulon Vance
Definition
Whig
After Vicksburge and Getteysburge saw war as a losing effort.
War time govenor.
wanted to sue for peace and gain a cease fire but didnt happen in 1864.
STARTED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AFTER CIVIL WAR
*Antebelluim war time , post time political figure
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1868-1870 Reconstruction period in NC
Definition

Unique because it only last two years while others last 8-10 years. Conservatives took back control of state in 1870. Short term of power couldnt whipe out republicans

 

1868 Constitution helped to modernize the state to bring it up to par with the nation, not just the south

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black codes of 1866
Definition
last gasp efford to keep free people like slaves in NC.
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Republican
Definition
Holden started it
Three Sub Groups: Freed man (largest), carpet baggers, and Schalawags
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Kirk Holden War
Definition
War against KKK IN 1870
Made over 100 arrest including prominent members of society and government.
Men arrested demanded Kirk be arrested for false imprissionment as none of them were tried.
Holden was tried, impeached and removed from office in 1870 and the deomcrats took over control of the government.
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Great Awakening
Definition
Emphasized the potentially subversive notion of "the spirit within", a radical protestant idea.
"Reconnect" with God
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Religious Tolerence
Definition

1672 to 1740 the colonly resembles a checkerboard of dissenting sect of religions.

 

They all had their own way of worshiping, but they were all worshiping the same God.

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"Mother of all Seperate Baptist"
Definition

Sandy Creek Church

 

Organized the Sandy Creek Association which is the oldest in the sate and one of the first in the nation, which soon incorporated other independent congregations into its following.

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