SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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Question
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How many Lord Proprietors (group of ____ nobles) helped King Charles II found North & South Carolina?
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9
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6
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7
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8
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Lords Proprietors were the eight Englishmen to whom King Charles II granted, by the Carolina charters of 1663 and 1665, the joint ownership of a tract of land in the New World called “Carolina.” All of these men either had remained loyal to the Crown or had aided Charles’s restoration to the English throne.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Lords Proprietors was a group of eight English noblemen awarded the Province of Carolina in 1663 by Charles II for its efforts in helping him regain the throne.
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