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Jan 19, 1524
First European
Giovanni de Varrazano was the first European to visit North Carolina -
New World
Sir Walter Raleigh sends several ships of people to establish the new worlds first english colony on Roanoke Island -
Hard Times
the colonists are forced to return to England due to hardships -
VIrginia Dare
Virginia Dare is the born, becoming the first english child -
Roanoke
John White returns to Roanoke to find out that all the settlers have dissapeared and the word CROATOAN carved into a tree -
English Settlement
the first english settlement in north carolina happened when nathaniel batts was searching for an area just south of virginia with high hopes of finding land for farm -
Bath
first town in north carolina, BATH, was built -
Royal Colony
north carolina became a royal colony -
FREEDOM
north carolina was first state to vote for independence -
New Bern
capitol moved from new bern to raleigh -
Walton war
walton war between georgia and north carolina -
President
Andrew Jackson from north carolina became 7th president of U.S -
Rservation
cherokee reservation formed in western north carolina -
Ktty Hawk
wright brothers made first sucessful flight on the kitty hawk -
world war 1
the united states including north carolina enterend world war 1 -
Crops
tobacco becomes an important crop in north carolina -
Great Depression
the great depression begins -
Hurricane
Hurricane Floyd hits north carolina -
Arrested
police arrested olympic bombing suspect eric robert rudolph -
Balloons
jonathan trappe from north carolina crossed the english channel carried by a bundle of helium ballons -
hurricane
hurricane irene hit north carolina -
mayor
mayor patrick cannon resigned hours after he was arrested and accused of takin over 48,000 dollars in bribe from undercover FBI agent -
robbers
3 armed robbers stole 4.8 million dollars in gold bars -
helicopter
jonathan lewis was killed in a helicopter accident during night time training camp -
mike halstead
police cheif mike halstead said he was forced to retire after he described the black lives matter movement as and american born terriorist group in a post on his facebook page
