James Davis, this colony's first postmaster general, established a gazette whose office was destroyed in a 1769 hurricane. A boycott in this colony was the first in the colonies to be organized by women and was helmed by Penelope Barker. Edward Hyde protected his governorship in this colony after ending Cary's Rebellion. Following an event in Boston, 51 women led this state's Edenton Tea Party. The construction of a "palace" for William Tryon preceded an uprising in this colony that included the Battle of Alamance, the final battle of the 1771 Regulator Movement. Sir Francis Drake relocated many residents of an island in this colony back to England. This modern-day state, where Virginia Dare was born, was the site of a tree that read "CROATOAN." For 10 points, name this state, whose land includes the site of Roanoke. ■END■
ANSWER: North Carolina [Province of North Carolina]
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