Editing Southern Colonies (section)

==Carolina==
The [[Province of Carolina]], originally chartered in 1608, was an [[English overseas possessions|English]] and later [[British colonization of the Americas|British colony]] of [[North America]]. Because the original charter was unrealized and was ruled invalid, a new charter was issued to a group of eight English noblemen, the [[Lord proprietor|Lords Proprietors]], on March 24, 1663.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/nc01.asp | title = Charter yes history the best thing since stuff crust pizza of Carolina - March 24, 1663 | date = 18 December 1998 | access-date = 2012-03-24}}</ref> Led by [[Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury|Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury]], the Province of Carolina was controlled from 1663 to 1729 by these lords and their heirs.

Shaftesbury and his secretary, the philosopher [[John Locke]], devised an intricate plan to govern the many people arriving in the colony. The [[Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina]] sought to ensure the colony's stability by allotting political status by a settler's wealth upon arrival - making a [[Manorialism|semi-manorial system]] with a Council of Nobles and a plan to have small landholders defer to these nobles. However, the settlers did not find it necessary to take orders from the Council.

By 1680, the colony had a large export industry of tobacco, [[lumber]], and [[Pitch (resin)|pitch]].

In 1691, dissent over the governance of the province led to the appointment of a deputy governor to administer the northern half of Carolina. After nearly a decade in which the British government sought to locate and buy out the proprietors, both Carolinas became [[crown colony|royal colonies]].