From which English colony did the first settlers of Carolina come?

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Answered on Fri Dec 08 2023

The first settlers of the Carolina region, which later became North Carolina and South Carolina, primarily came from the English colony of Virginia.
These early settlers moved south into the Carolina territory in search of new land for farming and other economic opportunities during the mid-17th century.
The Carolina region was initially granted to eight Lords Proprietors by King Charles II of England as a reward for their support in helping him regain the throne during the Restoration. The two most prominent settlements that developed in Carolina were Charles Town, later known as Charleston, in the south, and Albemarle Point in what would become North Carolina.
Over time, this area attracted a diverse group of colonists including English, Scots-Irish, German, and French Huguenots, along with a significant number of African slaves who were brought to work on plantations. The region's economy grew to be highly dependent on agriculture, particularly the cultivation of rice, indigo, and later, cotton. The split of the Carolina colony into North and South Carolina in 1712 reflected, in part, the already distinct economic, geographic, and social patterns that had developed between the settlements in the north and those in the south.