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Carolina is taken from the Latin word for Charles (Carolus), honoring King Charles I of England (who made the original land grant in 1629).
The most widely-hunted and most colorful duck in North America (the Carolina Duck) was also named for King Charles I of England, who had the American Province of Carolina named after him in 1629.
King Charles I of England granted the region that is the present-day Carolinas to Sir Robert Heath in 1629. The region was named Carolus, a Latin form of Charles, in honor of King Charles. King Charles II, his son, changed the spelling to Carolina in 1663. The region of Carolina was eventually divided into South Carolina and North Carolina, and both became states in 1788.
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King Charles I of England granted all the land between Virginia and Spanish Florida to Sir Robert Heath in 1629. Heath never developed the land which he called Carolana, so King Charles II granted the same territory, with its name changed to Carolina, to eight noblemen who became the lords proprietors of the region in 1663.
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Charles Cornwallis - diplomat - died in 1629.
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Carolina was founded in 1663 by a charter granting the it to eight English noblemen known as the Lords Proprietors. Carolina was first settled in 1629.
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