In the 1720s, people in South Carolina moved to the Cape Fear River. They took the land from the Native Americans and the settlement quickly grew. The town of became a busy port. Many from Scotland began to arrive and settle in Fayetteville. An immigrant is a person who moves to a new country.
The Backcountry
Few Europeans moved to the Piedmont. The made it hard to get to and it was called the backcountry. By the 1750s colonists were using trails through the . Fighting broke out with the Native Americans living there, but they soon lost their land. One popular trail was called the . The backcountry began to be settled by Scots-Irish and Germans. The Scots-Irish ancestors lived in before coming to North America. An ancestor is a family member who lived long ago.
Moravians
The Moravians were a group of who moved to Piedmont in 1753. They had different cultural and religious beliefs from other colonists. They built Bethabara and . Children would leave their homes at 14. Girls were put into the and boys lived in the Single Brothers House. They would stay there until they married. Girls learned to weave and make candles while boys learned to make furniture and bricks. Salem soon became a center for trade in Piedmont