Settling+the+Pamlico+Sound

That year, Govenror John Archdale convinced the General Assembly to divide the Albemarle into two counties, an old English jurisdiction that allowed for local government.
=First Towns=

So fast did the Pamlico grow that some newcomers ambitiously started Bath, the colony's first town, in 1705.
A 1709 visitor wrote to friends in England that "they have begun to build a town called Bath.



=Cary's Rebellion= This time, the Proprietors turned to religion as a way to organize the colony. England was organized very successfully into parishes, which meant that everyone who lived in a particular place, like a village or manor, was to be baptized, worship, marry, and be buried in the same church.



=The Tuscarora War= As Cary's Rebellion kept the colony in an uproar, the Tuscarora Indians attempted to destroy the Pamlico settlements. In 1711, they attacked when the colonists were tired and had their guard down.



=Blackbeard= Blackbeard operated out of the island of Jamaica. He raided ships all over the Caribbean until the English sent their navy to stop the piracy.