jan 2, 1663 - RI and CT get royal charter,
Restoration colonies est.
Description:
- Restoration Colonies (Carolinas)
- Proprietors plan for social hierarchy
(includes headright system)
- A Large number of Carolina colonists come
from Barbados, bringing plantations and
African slavery with them
- Tried and failed at cultivation of silk, rice,
and indigo, which meant slow initial growth.
- Eventually, rice and indigo will boom with
the help of slaves, and competes with New
England for export of lumber, tar, livestock to
West Indies
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