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Jan 1, 700
Upgrading
Mississippian American Indians create politicial leaders called "Chiefdoms." Towns are situated near streams and now have defensive structures. -
Jan 1, 1492
America is found
Christopher Columbus finds America while searching for new trade lanes to Europe. -
Jan 1, 1540
Infection
Hernando de Soto and his group search for gold in North Carolina. The Europeans meet the natives and give them diseases such as smallpox. -
Looking for land
Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe go to North America in search of new colony sites. They find and excellent place at Roanoke Island. -
Establishment
The English establish a settlement at Roanoke Island. -
Deserted
Governer White returns to Roanoke island to find it deserted. -
Moving Places
White settlers move through Indian territory along the rivers of North Carolina. -
Exploring more
Virginia legistrator Francis Yeardly hires Nathenial Batts to explore the Albemarle sound area as a possible place for settlement. Batts trades with the natives and becomes the first permanent settler. -
Resistance
Chowanoc Indians attack whites. They are stopped wuth heavy casualties. -
Building a fort
An Indian slave escapes and serves as an architect in making the large Tuscorora fort near the Neuse River. -
War of the Tuscorora
Tuscorora war begins. Tuscorora clans attack white settlers. Virginia refuses to send troops but gives $1'000 for assisstance. -
Treaty
The Tuscorora sign a treaty with the white setllers. They are moved to the riverbanks of the the Pamlico River. -
A visit to the King
Cherokee leaders meet King George II. They pledge frindship with the English. -
Epidemic
A smallpox epidemic kills off about 50% of the Cherokee population in North Carolina. -
Conflict
Cherokee and colonists fight over expanding colonists land. -
The French and Indian war
The french and english start the the French and Indian war in North America. -
A new Militia
The British and American Militia dstroy Cherokee villages and save Fort Prince George garrison. -
Another treaty
The treaty of Paris is signed ending the French and Indian war in Ameica. -
The American Civil War
42'000 North Carolinians die in the civil war. Over 200'000 black indian slaves are recruited for the Confederacy. -
Voting
The North Carolinia law is changed allowing Indian men over the 21 the right to vote.