USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The area of North Carolina was initially colonized under a charter endorsed by Charles II, the king of England, in 1663. After a series of conflicts, the colony of Carolina split into North Carolina and South Carolina.

Detailed explanation-2: -During the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1664–1667), English forces gained control of the Dutch fur trading colony of New Netherland, and in 1664, Charles II gave this colony (including present-day New Jersey) to his brother James, Duke of York (later James II). The colony and city were renamed New York in his honor.

Detailed explanation-3: -Two Carolinas In 1712, North and South Carolina were officially divided. The English government, though, was unhappy with its proprietary colonies.

Detailed explanation-4: -Charles II was committed to expanding England’s overseas possessions. His policies in the 1660s through the 1680s established and supported the Restoration colonies: the Carolinas, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

Detailed explanation-5: -The distance between the two North Carolina settlements and South Carolina’s Charles Town caused the Lords Proprietors decide to split the two areas. In 1712, there was officially one governor for all of Carolina, but an additional deputy governor for the north, creating North and South Carolina.