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M-Files 10
The Carolinas Split
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History
8th Grade
01/15/2008

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Term
Edward Teach was better known as who?
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Blackbeard
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What was the name of Blackbeard's 40-gun ship?
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Queen Anne's Revenge
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Blackbeard lived in this NC town.
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Bath
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Blackbeard once held this city for ransom.
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Charles Town
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When was Blackbeard killed?
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22 Nov 1718
Term
Who killed Blackbeard?
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Royal Navy Lt. Robert Maynard
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This NC governor might have shared in Blackbeard's profits.

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Gov. Charles Eden
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NC settlers poured into eastern Tennessee after this event.

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end of Revolutionary War
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What caused settlers in what is now eastern Tennessee to break away and try to form their own government?
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They felt disenfranchised
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What did settlers in eastern Tennessee name the territory they tried to take from NC? 
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State of Franklin
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Why was the State of Franklin not the 14th state?
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Congress refused to recognize them.
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When did NC give up its land claim west of the Appalachian Mountains?
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1789
Term
What did the western territory that NC gave up become known as?
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Tennessee
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When was the boarder between NC and Va settled?
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1728
Term
How many commissioners were appointed by Gov. Richard Everard to help settle the NC/Va border dispute?
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Four
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The border established in 1728 between NC/Va ran between ___________ & ____________.
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Currituck Inlet and Stokes Co.
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Which state gained land after the border dispute between NC and Va was settled?
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NC gained a great deal
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Consideration to keep this indian tribe's land all in one state resulted in a jag in the border of NC/SC.
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Catawba
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What was the title of Robert Byrd II's survey of NC and Va?
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"The History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Va and NC"
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Who was elected gov. of the State of Franklin?
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John Sevier
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Settlers in the Albemarle Sound area resented being governed from this SC city.
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Charles Town
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