<P> Sir Robert Heath , attorney - general of King Charles I of England , was granted the Cape Fear region of America , incorporated as the Province of Carolana , in 1629 . The charter was unrealized and ruled invalid , and a new charter was issued to a group of eight English noblemen , the Lords Proprietors , on March 24 , 1663 . It was not until 1663 that the province became officially known as `` Carolina . '' Charles II granted the land to the eight Lords Proprietors in return for their financial and political assistance in restoring him to the throne in 1660 . Charles II intended for the newly created province to serve as an English bulwark to contest lands claimed by Spanish Florida and prevent their northward expansion . Led informally by Anthony Ashley - Cooper , 1st Earl of Shaftesbury , the Province of Carolina was controlled from 1663 to 1729 by these lords and their heirs . </P>
<P> Sir Robert Heath , attorney - general of King Charles I of England , was granted the Cape Fear region of America , incorporated as the Province of Carolana , in 1629 . The charter was unrealized and ruled invalid , and a new charter was issued to a group of eight English noblemen , the Lords Proprietors , on March 24 , 1663 . It was not until 1663 that the province became officially known as `` Carolina . '' Charles II granted the land to the eight Lords Proprietors in return for their financial and political assistance in restoring him to the throne in 1660 . Charles II intended for the newly created province to serve as an English bulwark to contest lands claimed by Spanish Florida and prevent their northward expansion . Led informally by Anthony Ashley - Cooper , 1st Earl of Shaftesbury , the Province of Carolina was controlled from 1663 to 1729 by these lords and their heirs . </P>
when did the english king reward his supporters a charter for north and south carolina
when did the english king reward his supporters a charter for north and south carolina
1629
1629