Ethnic Groups in North Carolina Colony
A) Answer the following questions the NEXT PAGE OF YOUR NOTEBOOK
Read pages 125-129 in your textbook.
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List at least 4 reasons why various ethnic groups migrated to N.C. in the mid-1700.
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Who was the first big wave of people to immigrate to NC?
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What was the Great Wagon Road? How did it develop North Carolina?
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What was the backcountry? Who lived there?
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Why did most Africans live in the coastal plains? THINK!
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Why was settlement of NC slow?
Read Pages 130 & 131 in your textbook.
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According to p.130&131, who was at the top of society along the Coastal Plains?
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H ow did society in the east (the Coastal Plains) grow and prosper?
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Write a thesis statement for the following question (with 3 pieces of evidence):
Why did the backcountry and Coastal Plains regions develop so differently in NC?
B) Use the chart below and the map on p. 126 to identify and color in the location of settlement for the seven ethnic groups.
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What are 3 things we can conclude from the ethnic map of colonial North Carolina?
Ethnic Groups in North Carolina Colony
A) Answer the following questions the NEXT PAGE OF YOUR NOTEBOOK
Read pages 125-129 in your textbook.
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List at least 4 reasons why various ethnic groups migrated to N.C. in the mid-1700.
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Who was the first big wave of people to immigrate to NC?
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What was the Great Wagon Road? How did it develop North Carolina?
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What was the backcountry? Who lived there?
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Why did most Africans live in the coastal plains? THINK!
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Why was settlement of NC slow?
Read Pages 130 & 131 in your textbook.
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According to p.130&131, who was at the top of society along the Coastal Plains?
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H ow did society in the East (the Coastal Plains) grow and prosper?
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Write a thesis statement for the following question (with 3 pieces of evidence):
Why did the backcountry and Coastal Plains regions develop so differently in NC?
B) Use the chart below and the map on p. 126 to identify and color in the location of settlement for the seven ethnic groups.
Ethnic Group
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Location Clue
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Color or symbol
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English
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Northeast counties of NC
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Yellow
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Germans
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Catawba and Iredell County
Rockingham and Caswell County
Pamlico and Craven County
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Brown
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Swiss
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Jones and Craven County
New Bern, NC
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Red
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Highland Scots
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Scotland and Robeson County
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Orange
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Scots Irish
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Gaston and Mecklenburg County
Pender and New Hanover County
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Green
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French Huguenots
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Duplin and Onslow Counties
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Blue
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Africans
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Coastal plains region
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Using map on p.127, draw in the Great Wagon Road
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What are 3 things we can conclude from the ethnic map of colonial North Carolina?
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