Question

Which group helped start a pottery industry in North Carolina?

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is Moravians.

Explanation:

Moravians were the members of a church called Unitas Fratrum. They were spiritual followers of the Czech priest Jan Hus, who led an early Protestant Church in 1415, a full century before Martin Luther's Reformation. He was condemned as a heretic by Catholic authorities and burnt at the stake.

The Moravians sent their first missionaries to the New World in 1735, and settled in the area of North Carolina in 1753, where they founded several new villages. It was at one of these settlements, Salem, where in 1766 the Moravians developed their unique pottery. They kickstarted a pottery industry that became famous nationwide.

Answer 2

Answer:

Moravians

Explanation:

Moravians, who have settled in this area had the most the to do with the development of pottery industry in North Carolina.

By the second half of 18th Century the Moravians, who settled in Salem, North Carolina, had developed unique and popular ways of making and decorating pottery.