NC history M & A

By Jvgamer
  • 270,000 BCE

    The beginning

    The beginning
    Appalachian mountains begin to from.
  • 100,000 BCE

    River flows

    River flows
    The New river the second oldest river in the world, begins to flow into the Teays river
  • 65,000 BCE

    Extinction

    Extinction
    Dinosaurs become extinct.
  • 16,000 BCE

    Outer Banks

    Outer Banks
    Outer Banks begin to form.
  • 9500 BCE

    Paleo

    first Paleo Indians appear as nomads hunting large ice age mammals.
  • 1300 BCE

    Invaders

    Warlike mound builders invade North Carolina near present-day Mt. Gilead.
  • 700 BCE

    Fishing

    First fishing-whaling people arrived in the Northwest.
  • Dec 24, 1524

    Explore

    Giovanni da Verrazano explores coast of North Carolina.
  • Dec 24, 1526

    Settlement

    Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon attempts settlement on Carolina coast.

  • Claim

    Amadas and Barlow claim North Carolina area for England

  • Settlement

    Sir Walter Raleigh finances English settlement of Roanoke.

  • Colony

    First English colony established under Sir Richard Grenville and Lieutenant Ralph lane.

  • Lost

    John White returned to what is now know as the lost colony.

  • Servants

    The first Africans servants arrive in Jamestown.

  • Settle

    Settlers begin to arrive in Carolina.

  • Rebellion

    The popular party begins Culpeper´s rebellion.

  • 15000

    North Carolina´s Population was around 15000.

  • Split

    Carolina officially splits into North Carolina and South Carolina.

  • ???

    North Carolina becomes a crown colony.

  • Smallpox

    Smallpox kills nearly half the Cherokee.

  • Scots

    First large group of Highland Scots land at Bruns Wick.

  • Act

    The Quartering act and Stamp act are enacted.

  • Buy

    England buys more than 60 percent of its naval stores from North Carolina.

  • Adopted

    Non-importation associations plan adopted by North Carolina.

  • Tea?

    The Edenton Tea party takes place.

  • It starts

    the American revolutionary war started with the battles of Lexington and Concord.

  • It ends

    The Declaration of Independence was approved.

  • Convention

    convention in Fayetteville ratifies constitution.

  • New capital

    Raleigh becomes state capital of North Carolina.

  • Gold rush

    North Carolina gold rush begins with the discovery of gold in Cabarrus county.

  • Railroad

    North Carolina´s first railroad company is chartered

  • Reforms

    Constitutional convention leads North Carolina to reforms

  • The Trail of Tears

    Cherokees were forced to walk to what is now Oklahoma.

  • School

    The first public school opens: Wilmington and Weldon railroad is completed.

  • Suffrage

    Voters pass a manhood suffrage amendment.

  • The start of war

    Abraham Lincoln is elected president. confederate states of America is formed.

  • Civil war

    Civil war begins

  • Joins a side

    North Carolina joins the confederacy; Union captures Fort Hatteras

  • Homestead

    Homestead Act is passed.

  • The end of war

    The Civil war ends.

  • KKK

    Ku Klux Klan is formed.

  • Republic

    North Carolina's Republican party is organized.

  • Ford

    Henry Ford completes his first car.

  • First flight

    Wright Brothers make first airplane flight.

  • World war

    World war 1 begins; Panama Canal opens

  • Joining the war

    United States enters world war 1 on the side of the allies; Russian Revolution starts.

  • End of war

    Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War 1

  • Depression

    Stock market crashed; The Great Depression starts.

  • FDR

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president

  • World War 2

    Germany invades Poland; Great Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War 2 begins.

  • D-Day

    Allies invade Europe at Normandy on D-Day; Allies defeat Germany at Battle of the bulge.

  • The end of war 2

    Roosevelt dies and Truman becomes president; Germany surrenders; U.S. drops two atomic bombs on Japan; Japan surrenders.

  • Korean War

    Korean War begins.

  • Bomb

    The United States explodes the first hydrogen bomb.

  • Korean War part 2

    Korean War ends with cease-fire.

  • Sit-in

    African Americans stage " sit-in " in Greensboro.

  • RTP

    First building at Research Triangle Park is completed.

  • Good morning Vietnam!

    First U.S. ground troops arrive in Vietnam.

  • NASA

    NASA lands first astronaut on the moon.

  • Goodbye Vietnam!

    U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends.

  • Tear down the wall.

    The Berlin Wall is taken down.

  • FTA

    North American Free Trade Agreement takes effect.

  • The down fall.

    George W. Bush is elected president.

  • Allahu akbar

    Terrorist attack World Trade Center and Pentagon.

  • Iraq

    U.S. invades Iraq to remove Saddam Hussien.

  • R.I.P Hussien

    Saddam Hussien is executed for his crimes against humanity.