Vic's News 2016 Mar 24

…On this day in 1663 the Province of Carolina was granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne. This became the States of North and South Carolina (it also included a number of other current States). The Carolina colony was the only one founded for strictly a profit motive. In order to facilitate as rapid a settlement as possible the Lords Proprietor invited settlers of all religions to come to the Carolinas. Their idea was to make money from the growing crops which had been successful in the Caribbean Islands.