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Forming a colony
John White and 150 other men found Raleigh and formed a second colony. The governor was John White. This was the second colony in the Carolina's. -
CORATOAN
John White Had left to go get supplies for their new colony. Once he returned, with supplies, no one was there. All of his people had disappeared. In one single tree the word CORATOAN was carved into it. They were never found! -
Founded
The Carolina's started as one and was founded by King Charles the second. Charles gave the land to eight men know as noble men. -
Slavery
Colonial Carolina Fundamental Constitution legalized slavery in the Carolina's. -
Charelstown is founded
It was the first colony in the Carolina's and it was later named Charleston. The colonists built a wall around this colony for protection. -
First Town
The first town in North Carolina was built. The name was Bath. -
The Killing
Governor Alexander Spots wood sent some of is troops to go handle Blackbeard. They were later defeated and Blackbeard was killed in a bloody battle of the coast on an island called, Ocracoke. -
Royalty
The Carolina's are made into a royal colony. They now had to be ruled by a royal governor that was appointed by the king. -
Separation
The Carolina's split into two regions. They were called North Carolina and South Carolina. -
12 state
North Carolina become the 12th state of the united states. -
First College
The first public university is created and is successful. It was known as The University Of North Carolina. Their mascot is the Rams. They are better known as the North Carolina Tar Heels. -
Trail of Tears
The US government were forcing the Native Americans off their land. There were more than 125,00 Natives who had gotten the land handed down for generations. White settlers wanted their land to grow cotton on. -
Bloody Battle
The bloodiest battle ever in North Carolina was the battle at Bentonville. The Confederates were defeated. A large number of them just surrendered. -
Reservation
The Cherokee reservation is stared in North Carolina. They started it in the Western part of North Carolina. -
Women's Rights
The first bill was established for women. After this point women had the right to be able to vote for things around the community, for electors, and for their form of government. -
Flying High
In 1903 the wright brothers made their first successful flight after many tries to fly it and they finally did. They made this accomplishment at Kitty Hawk. -
19th Amendment
On 1929 the 19th amendment was established to give women the right to vote all around the world. This was a huge step for women back then. -
Rain Strikes
Hurricane Hazel struck North Carolina on October 15th 1954. It brought devastating floods to North Carolina and some surrounding states. It lasted all together from October 5th-October 18th. In North Carolina, 19 were killed. It is one of the deadliest ever recorded. -
More Rain strikes
Hurricane Hugo hits North Carolina 35 years after Hurricane Hazel. It also affected some surrounding states again. It flooded all the way inland to Charlotte. -
Ranked Number One
Raleigh-Durham,in 1994, is ranked one of the best places to live in America. -
Hurricane Fran
Hurricane Fran hits North Carolina and cause some of the worst damage to North Carolina and surrounding states. It killed 4 people who had no clue what would be coming upon then. -
Tar River
The waters in Tar River had raised so high from a lot of rainfall that it engulfed the town of Princeville. They were in 20ft deep water. It caused damaged that would take some months to fix. -
Hurricane Floyd
Hurricane Floyd strikes North Carolina and kills 35 people and brings millions of dollars worth of floods. -
First Women to be Elected
The First women elected to be a US senate is Elizabeth Doles. -
Bomber Suspect
Police arrest a bomber suspect, Eric Rudolph, in Murphy, North Carolina for bombs at an Olympic Park and an abortion clinic. -
Vice President
In 2004 State senator, John Edwards, runs for vice president for George W, Bush. -
Explosion
In 2006, a chemical explosion goes off in Apex,North Carolina. 17,000 people are evacuated from the city and from the chemical plant. -
Fastly Growing
in 2008, North Carolina is ranked the fourth fastest growing states in America. -
Somebody gets Charged
Seven people are charged for plotting terrorist attacks on people in foreign countries. They were caught just in time. -
Hurricane Irene
In 2011, Hurricane Irene hits North Carolina. It bring devastating floods and lots of damage to homes, forests, and peoples lives.
