13 Facts About the 13 Colonies-- Part 2

Again, go to the site for more information.

7.  New Hampshire offered parcels of land in exchange  for one ear of corn each year.  (Sounds like a deal to me.)

8.  Georgia was founded as a new haven for debtors and impoverished people.

9.  New York became  the first target of British trade restrictions -- for exporting fur hats.

10.  South Carolina benefited from the demand for blue dye.

11.  North Carolina was sold back to the British Crown.

12.  Rhode Island played a big role in the slave trade.  (By 1775, slaves made up 11.5% of its population.)

13.  Delaware really wasn't  formed until 1776.

--CootCol

13 Facts About the 13 Colonies-- Part 1

From the September 27, 2021 History.com.

I'm just listing them.  Go to the site to find out the background.

1.  Connecticut enacted the first constitution in America.  Late 1630s.

2.  Maryland was founded as a haven for Catholics.

3.  Massachusetts  was the birthplace of American iron industry.

4.  Pennsylvania was created to pay a debt.

5.  New Jersey had the alternate name of New Caesarea.  (The Roman name for the island of Jersey in England.)

6.  Virginia's most lucrative crop was tobacco, even though it was opposed by  the king  and the Virginia Company.

--CootCol

10 Colonial Punishments That Are No More

From the January14, 2023, ListVerse "10 Colonial Punishments We Thankfully Ended" by Brittney D. Herz.

I am just listing them, to find out more and see a video, go to the site.

10.  Stocks

9.  Flogging

8.  Branding

7.  Ear Cropping

6.  Branks

5.  Ducking

4.  Hanging

3.  Beheading

2.  Burning at the Stake

1.  Drawing and Quartering  

--Cooter

Wilmington Historic Sites Weathering Hurricane Matthew

From the October 24, 2016, Wilmington (NC) Star-News " Cape Fear  historical landmarks weather the storm" by Hanna Dela Court.

MOORE CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD  --Pender County.

Closed October 7, before Matthew struck and is still closed because much of the park is still under water.  However, the water has dropped about 3 1/2 feet over the last couple days.    Even so, about 2/3 remains flooded.

The park has six monuments and five are still under water.  Some of the lowest spots are believed to be under eight feet of water.

The park is expected to be closed for awhile.

BRUNSWICK TOWN/ FORT ANDERSON STATE HISTORIC SITE, Brunswick County.

Flooding was minimal and has been open normal hours since October 11.  It lost a few feet of waterfront.

--Cooter

Jamestown Church Where Pocahontas Married Is Found

From the Oct. 23, 2011, Daily Press (Va) "Jamestown dig reveals footprint of 1608 church" by Mark St. John Erickson.

Student archaeologists in the summer of 2010 first discovered a site that had been scoured by slaves for a Confederate earthwork near the 20th century statue of Captain John Smith.

They found large post holes at the site of a 1608 church where Pocahontas and John Rolfe were married.  Further digging in 2011 revealed the entire footprint of an enormous building by early Jamestown standards, the 24 by 64 foot church.

Finding the Old Stuff.  --Cooter

2009 Was the 300th Birthday of New Bern, NC

New Bern is a very old city, to say the least.

It served as the Colonial capital of North Carolina (Tyron Palace), was the site of a Civil War battlefield, the birthplace of Pepsi.

Named for Bern, Switzerland, the home of its founder Christophe de Graffenreid.

www.newbern300.com

North Carolina Trip: August--September 2010

I saw quite a bit of colonial/Revolutionary War/Indian places on the way, especially in Illinois and Indiana. At one point in Illinois, there was a history-on-a stick about a treaty signed by Chief Pontiac.

Then, Vincennes, Indiana, is a trip back in time all by itself. I already knew about the George Rodgers Clark Memorial at the former site of British Fort Sackville along the Wabash River, but I did not know about Vincennes being the former capital of Indiana Territory and the reconstructed buildings that give its story. Also, future president William Henry Harrison was territorial governor and his house, Grouseland has been preserved by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Also, there is the Brouillet French House built in 1806 and the home of a French fur trader. They say it is one of only six remaining upright log and mud houses in North America.

There was also a sign by Grouseland House saying it was the future site of Walnut Grove, not the Little House on the Prairie, where William Henry Harrison had two Indian meetings in 1810 and 1811.

Lots of History in Vincennes. --Cooter