<Li> Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621--1683). </Li> <P> Between 1663 and 1729 there were many disagreements relating to defense, governance and the difference between the two differing agrarian styles employed by the inhabitants of the Colony of Virginia and that practiced by the planters arriving to Charles Town from the West Indies and Barbados . </P> <P> In 1729 the Province of Carolina was divided when the descendants of seven of the eight Lords Proprietors sold their shares back to the Crown . Only the heirs of Sir George Carteret retained their original rights to what would become the Granville District . Both the Province of North Carolina and the Province of South Carolina became British Crown Colonies in 1729 . </P> <P> The culture of the Carolinas is a distinct subset of larger Southern culture . Notably, the coastal Carolina region was settled by Europeans over a century before the inland regions of the South, and was influenced by the culture of the Caribbean, especially Barbados; many of the early governors during the unified period were Barbadians . Though the two states both form part of the South, there are historically a number of differences in the settlement patterns, political development, and economic growth of the two states . For example, during the Civil War, South Carolina was the first Southern state to secede from the Union, while North Carolina was the last state to secede . When NC did secede, it did so largely because North Carolinians refused to give the Federal Government men to fight against their sister state, or allow them to pass through North Carolina to make war on South Carolina . North Carolinians ultimately voted instead in all 100 counties to raise an army, join the Confederacy, and go to war . During the war, South Carolina was generally one of the strongest supporters of the Confederacy . The war began in Charleston, South Carolina; where Citadel Cadets fired the opening shots at the Union Ship Star of The West . North Carolina was also a key Confederate state, raising and giving more soldiers to The Confederacy than any other southern state . At Gettysburg, one in four Confederate soldiers was from North Carolina, despite the fact that some North Carolinians (especially in the western part of the state) refused to support the Confederacy . North Carolina's Civil War governor, Zebulon Vance, was an outspoken critic of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and frequently refused to obey Davis's orders for reinforcements and supplies; Vance insisted the soldiers and supplies would be needed for North Carolina's Confederate effort . However, during the seven day's battles, North Carolina did send large numbers of troops for the general aid of the South as a whole . During the war, the Carolinas were both instrumental in keeping The Confederacy alive, because of their deepwater ports in Wilmington, NC and Charleston, SC . These two cities were key in supplying southern armies with weapons, clothing, and ammunition; and producing food & provisions for southern civilians . </P>

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