Where We Live...
Here are some pictures around our house last fall.
The leaves are beautiful!
The leaves are beautiful!
Colonial Life in North Carolina, Est. 1653
Rebekah's assignment was to imagine she lived in the 1750's and was employed to write a brochure for a colony... One of the four southern states, North Carolina is one of the beautiful original 13 colonies. Geography Beautiful waterfalls are located in southern North Carolina. Along with many rivers, the Roanoke River in North Eastern Carolina, the Albemarle Sound, The Neuse, and Tar Rivers drain in central North Carolina. In the Mountains the Appalachians are blanketed with snow in the winter. The climate is never too cold or hot. (World Book N-O) Economy The economy was similar to that of the Chesapeake Colonies. (World Book N-O) The production of tobacco and slave labor was on what the economy’s growth and prosperity was based. (Wikipedia) Also North Carolinians farmed on small, individual farms. They grew tobacco as well as cotton and wheat. (World Book N-O) Politics North Carolina was under the direct Royal Rule from 1729-1776. (SOS) They had a Bicameral Legislature, a le...
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