Why was the Carolinas colony founded?

North Carolina itself was settled earlier, in 1587. On July 22nd of that year, John White and 121 settlers founded the Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island in present-day Dare County, North Carolina. This was actually the first attempt at an English settlement founded in the New World. read more

The Province of Carolina was an English and later a British colony of North America. Though there were failed settlements in the region predating the English Civil War, Carolina was founded in what is modern-day South Carolina. read more

Combining North Carolina's population of 10,042,802 and South Carolina's of 4,896,146, the Carolinas have a population of 14,938,948 as of 2015. If the Carolinas were a single state of the United States, it would be the fifth-most populous state, behind California, Texas, Florida, and New York. read more