Cole and Taranda NC timeline

9500 B.C

9500 BCE

First Paleo-indians appear as nomads hunting large Ice Age mammals such as Bison And mammoths

8500 B.C

8500 BCE

Hardaway spear points named after discovery beganing to replace Colvis spear points

8000 B.C

8000 BCE

Archaic period starts makes by development of new tools and artifacts.

165 Millon B.C

2015 BCE

First dinosaurs appear in fossil record

1000 B.C

1000 BCE

Woodland period marked by pottery semi-permanent villages and gardening.

540 millon B.C

540 BCE

first marine organisms with hard parts such as clams snails trilobites appear in fossil record.

420 millon B.C

420 BCE

First major land plants appear in fossil.

270 Millon B.C

270 BCE

Appalachian mountains began to form.

1497

Oct 13, 1497

Treaty of tordesillas recognizes Spanish rights to most of the Americas.

1524

Oct 15, 1524

Giovanni da verrazano explores coast of North Carolina.

1526

Oct 15, 1526

Lucas vasquez da ayllon attempts settlement on carolina coast.

1540

Oct 15, 1540

Hernando de soto expores North Carolina moutains.

1584

Oct 15, 1584

Amadas Barlowe claims North Carolina area for England.

1585

Oct 15, 1585

First english colony established under Sir Richard Grenville and lieutenant Ralph Lane.

Ch. 5

Nov 10, 1629

King Charles 1 grants Carolina to Sir Robert Heath.

Ch 5

Nov 10, 1650

Settlers begin to arrive in North Carolina.

Ch 6

Nov 10, 1650

Settlers from Virginia begin to trickle into Albemarle area of Northern Carolana.

Ch 5

Nov 10, 1663

King Charles ll gives Carolina to the lord proprietors.

North carolina

Jan 5, 1729

North carolina becomes a crown except for the earl of granvilles portion.

North Carolina

Jan 5, 1730

George burrington becomes first royal governor of North Carolina.

NC

Jan 5, 1731

governor burrington reports on north carolinas dislike of royal authority.

North Carolina

Jan 5, 1734

Governor Gabriel johnston moves to capital to cape fear.

Ch 7

Nov 10, 1740

First large group og highland scots lands at brunswick

Ch 8

Nov 12, 1742

The crown Orders a survey to determine boundaries of the granville Assemarle

NC

Mar 3, 1812

Reformer Archibald D. Murphey begins term in General Assembly

NC

Sep 18, 1819

Board of interal improvements is orgsnized and funded

NC

Mar 3, 1825

State's literary fund is established.

NC

Mar 3, 1825

Lode mining of gold intensifies gold rush.

NC

Mar 3, 1831

General Assembly authorizes countries to erect poor houses.

NC

Mar 3, 1836

Edward bishop dudley, a whig becomes first poplarly elected governor.

NC

Mar 3, 1856

Benjamin S. Hedrick publishes book against slavery.

NC

Mar 3, 1857

Hinton Rowan Helper publishes the impending crises of the south how to meet it.

NC

Mar 3, 1859

Daniel Worth found guilty of encouraging slaves to rebel.

10% percent plan

Apr 5, 1860

Called for 10% of the 1860 electiion in the south to make an oth to be loyal to the U.S

NC

Mar 3, 1861

North Carolina joins the confederacy union captures Fort Hatteras.

NC

Mar 3, 1862

Sherman's troops enter North Carolina union forces take Roanoke Island and begin raiding towns in the eastern part of the stare.

NC

Mar 3, 1864

The Albemarle defends. Plymouth from union ships but is eventually sunk.

black codes

Apr 5, 1865

These when the souths way to make blacks restirted

Admendments

Jul 9, 1868

The 13th 14th 15th and admendment were used for the reconstruction

Nc

Dec 24, 1868

Many educational reforms are included in new state constitution NC is readmitted in the union.

Nc

Dec 24, 1880

James Bonsack invents a crude cigarette Machine

NC

Dec 24, 1881

Duke family begins making cigarettes

NC

Dec 24, 1887

Leonidas L Polk organizes NC farmers association

NC

Dec 24, 1903

Wright Brothers make first airplane flight

NC

Dec 24, 1917

More than 86000 men from NC joined the armed forces; Camp green is established

NC

Dec 24, 1918

Camp bragg is established

NC

Dec 24, 1929

O max Gardner becomes governer

NC

Dec 24, 1932

NC overwhelmingly vote for F.D.R

NC

Dec 24, 1941

Thousands volunteer for armed forces battleship NC is commissoned

NC

Dec 24, 1942

The First US airborne forces are trained at fort bragg

NC

Dec 24, 1943

A new state board of education is created; Margaret Craighill becomes the first woman physician to join the U,S, military.

NC

Dec 24, 1951

university of North Carolina is required to admit black people to law, graduate, and medical schools.

NC

Dec 24, 1953

Commission on the Reorganization of state government.

NC

Dec 24, 1955

University of North Carolina graduate junius Scales is sentenced to prison for anti-government activities.

Nc

Dec 24, 1956

Pearsall plan is adopted

NC

Dec 24, 1956

Pearsell Plan is ratified, giving parents tuition money to send children to private schools.

NC

Dec 24, 1960

African Americans stage "sit-in" in Greensboro.

NC

Dec 24, 1961

First building at Research Triangle Park is completed.