Province of Carolina
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This article is about the British province that existed from 1663 to 1712. For other uses, see Carolina.
The Province of Carolina was a province of the Kingdom of England (1663–1707) and later the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1712) that existed in North America and the Caribbean from 1663 until the Carolinas were partitioned into North and South on January 24, 1712.
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Province of Great Britain | |||||||||||||||
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Location of Carolina in North America | |||||||||||||||
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"God Save the King"[lower-alpha 1] | |||||||||||||||
Capital | Charlestown | ||||||||||||||
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• Coordinates | 34°48′17″N 79°40′31″W | ||||||||||||||
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• Type | Proprietary colony | ||||||||||||||
• Motto | Domitus Cultoribus Orbis (Latin) "Tamed by the cultivators of the world" | ||||||||||||||
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Governor | |||||||||||||||
• 1692–1693 | Philip Ludwell (first) | ||||||||||||||
• 1710–1712 | Robert Gibbes (last) | ||||||||||||||
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• Upper house | Grand Council | ||||||||||||||
• Lower house | Parliament of Carolina | ||||||||||||||
Historical era | Stuart era | ||||||||||||||
• Charter of Carolina | March 24, 1663 | ||||||||||||||
• Partition of Carolina | January 24, 1712 | ||||||||||||||
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Today part of | United States
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The North American Carolina province consisted of all or parts of present-day Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.[2]