Major Immigrant Groups of Colonial North Carolina

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Major Immigrant Groups of Colonial North Carolina

1. Scotch-Irish
2. Scottish Highlanders
3. Germanic Groups
4. English

What groups helped North Carolina grow in the
1700s and how did they develop the colony?
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Scotch-Irish

• Traveled through Pennsylvania and other northern
  colonies by the Great Wagon Road into North
  Carolina where they settled mainly in the
  Piedmont region of the state.

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Scottish Highlanders

• Most of this group came directly from
  Scotland to the Cape Fear valley in the Southern
  Piedmont of North Carolina.

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Germanic Groups

• The various Germanic people of North Carolina
  traveled through the various northern and middle
  colonies to get to North Carolina. A large
  number of this groups settled in the mountains
  and backcountry.

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English

• Mainly from the other colonies, especially from
  Virginia and directly from across the ocean,
  people from English descent were mainly
  concentrated in the eastern part of the state.

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Social Classes in Colonial North Carolina

• Gentry/Planters
• Yeoman Farmers
• Indentured Servants
• Free Blacks
• Slaves

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Gentry

• The planter elite, located mainly in the South,
  consisted of less than 5 of the total population.

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Yeoman Farmers

• The small landholders, with an average of less
  than 50 acres, that consisted of the vast
  majority of the population.

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Indentured Servants

• This group included voluntary servants who were
  paying off debts involuntary servants and
  apprentices were also included in the category.

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1. List the four major immigrant groups of colonial
   North Carolina.
2. List the five social groups.
3. Explain why so many immigrants settle in the
   rural and remote western part of North Carolina?
4. Which SOCIAL GROUP helped to push the frontier
   west?
5. An apprentice is best defined as ________.
6. Why do you think there were several different
   categories of social classes during colonial
   times?