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3 days ago · New South operates 11 branches across North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. “Bringing New South Construction Supply and Colony Hardware together is impactful in several ways and represents Colony’s largest partnership to date,” said Tim Rash, Colony Hardware CEO, in a news release.
3 days ago · Florida - Exploration, Spanish Colonization, US State: Ancient Native American peoples entered Florida from the north as early as 12,000 years ago. Although the first evidence of farming dates from about 500 bce, some southern groups remained hunters, fishers, and gatherers until their extinction. Indigenous peoples continued to arrive from the north in small numbers after 500 bce ...
3 days ago · Oglethorpe founded Georgia in 1732 and was royal governor for the next 22 years. Britain granted a charter to Oglethorpe and his trustees on the basis that Georgia would be settled as a colony that did not allow slavery.
5 days ago · The Bay Colony was founded under a royal charter, unlike Plymouth Colony. The Puritan migration was mainly from East Anglia and southwestern regions of England, with an estimated 20,000 immigrants between 1628 and 1642. Massachusetts Bay colony quickly eclipsed Plymouth in population and economy, the chief factors being the large influx of ...
5 days ago · The African Methodist Episcopal Church, which grew out of the Free African Society, was founded by Richard Allen in Philadelphia. [138] [139] It was central to communities of free African Americans, and branched out to Charleston, South Carolina, and other areas in the South, although there were laws that prevented blacks from preaching. The ...
1 day ago · Late-Coming Georgia: The Buffer Colony Formally founded in 1733 Last of the thirteen colonies to be planted. Buffer state: it would protect the Carolinas from the Spanish and the French. Received monetary subsidies from the British government. Produced: Silk & wine Anti-slavery for many years.
2 days ago · North Carolina, constituent state of the U.S. One of the 13 original states, it lies on the Atlantic coast midway between New York and Florida. It is bounded to the north by Virginia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by South Carolina and Georgia, and to the west by Tennessee. Its capital is Raleigh.
