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The Cherokee and other Native Americans groups launch a war that nearly destroys South Carolina.
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Benjamin Franklin's newspaper carries articles on growing interest in settling around Cape Fear.
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First settlers arrive in Georgia, establish settlement in Savannah.
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A Scot, Gabriel Johnston, becomes royal governor.
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Smallpox kills nearly half of the Cherokee.
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First large group of Highland Scots lands at Brunswick.
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The Highland Scots are defeated by England and thousands emigrate to America.
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Tobacco industry thrives and planters prosper.
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The Great Wagon Road carries more than traffic than any other colonial highway.
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England buys more than 60 percent of its naval stores from North Carolina.
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North Carolina Quakers call for an immediate end to slavery.
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North Carolina ranks fourth among the colonies in number of people.
