Question

What was one of the main reasons the Carolina colony eventually split into two separate colonies

Answer 1

From the beginning, the Lords Proprietors had difficulty in managing their new colony. There were border disputes with Virginia, Indian wars with the Tuscarora and the Yamassee, and piracy at the hands of the notorious Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet.

A portion of Carolina had emerged as its own organizational unit and became the royal colony of South Carolina in 1719. Advisors to the British king recommended direct royal control of the colonies.

In 1729 seven of the eight Lord Proprietors sold their colonial holdings in Carolina to the Crown. The lone Proprietor was John Carteret, Earl Granville, who retained the Granville Tract in North Carolina without governing control until the American Revolution.

In South Carolina the last Governor appointed by the Lord Proprietors ended his term in 1719, whereas the last Governor appointed by the Lords Proprietors in North Carolina ended his term in 1731. In 1719, the new Governor of South Carolina was "elected by the people," and was considered to be the first governor of South Carolina in the "Royal Period," that is - after "the Split."

Answer 2

Answer:

The province of Carolina was a British colony founded in 1663. In 1729 it was divided into the province of North Carolina and the province of South Carolina.

Following the English restoration, King Charles II of England decided to reward eight English nobles who had supported him. On March 24, 1663 he named them Lords proprietors, or landowners, of the Carolina, a land so named in honor of his father Charles I, who was beheaded by English revolutionaries in 1649. These lords, whose power was guaranteed by a Royal Charter signed by the king, could operate with a very large autonomy, even from the king himself.  The first permanent settlements were built in 1653 by some settlers from Virginia.

Because of some riots that broke out in the first decades of the eighteenth century and the inability of lords to govern the colony, Carolina was separated into two parts. In 1729 seven of the eight lords decided to resell their land to the king of England. The two Carolina thus officially became colonies of the United Kingdom.