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Nathaniel Batts- first man to permanently settle in North Carolina.
He was a fur- trader. His deed from King Kiscutanewh for "all ye Land on ye southwest side of Pasquotank River from ye mouth of ye sd. River to ye head of new Begin Creek"
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North Carolinas first town-Bath
It developed a trade in naval stores, furs, and tobacco. This made people from all around the nation to travel to Bath.
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The Tuscarora War between Natives and Europeans
(War over land) This was considered the bloodiest colonial war in North Carolina. Defeated, the Tuscarora signed a treaty with colonial officials in 1718 and settled on a reserved piece of land in what became Bertie County.
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Carolina becomes a royal colony
The colony was divided into 2 South and North Carolina by the king.
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North Carolina's colonial capitol building.
Governor William Tryon had brought John Hawks, an English architect, with him when he came to North Carolina in 1764. Thus having Tyron Palace built.
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Edenton Tea Party
The Edenton Tea Party was one of the earliest organizations of women’s history. 50 women from Edenton came together and supported the cause against taxation without representation.
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The Battle of Moores Creek Bridge- 1st battle of the American Rev. to be fought in NC
The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought near Wilmington present-day Pender County, North Carolina on February 27, 1776. North Carolina Revolutionary defeats the Southern Loyalists.
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North Carolina becomes the 12th state of the United States of America
North Carolina was one of the last states to secede from the Union when it did so in May 1861, after the Civil War had already begun.
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The capital of North Carolina is moved to Raleigh.
. Chiefly among the contenders was Fayetteville. It was the commercial hub of the state and had something Raleigh certainly didn’t: a navigable body of water, the Cape Fear River, running through it.
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The first gold nugget is found in the United States at Reed Gold Mine in Cabarrus County
The first gold nugget was found in California Gold rush by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in coloma California. James gave the gold nugget to a U.S Army officer in San Francisco. -
North Carolina becomes known as the "Rip Van Winkle" state because it makes so little progress that it appears to be asleep.
It was named so because more than few considered the state's economy to be asleep while neighboring states were bustling with production and trade. -
The Walton War is fought between residents of Georgia and North Carolina.
caused by confusion inherited from British colonial rule and territorial pressure resulting from the creation of the new American nation. -
Andrew Jackson becomes the 7th president of the United States
A lawyer and a landowner, he became a national war hero after defeating the British in New Orleans during the War of 1812. Jackson was elected the seventh president of the United States in 1828. -
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was caused by the authorization and enforcement of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This initiative, passed by President Andrew Jackson, forced over 20,000 Native Americans out of their ancestral lands in North Georgia -
Workmen attempting to fireproof the roof of the State Capitol ironically end up setting the building aflame.
It had started in a kitchen at a house on the northwest corner of Market Square. Immediately, townsfolk battled the blaze and thought they would soon have it under control, but the flames escaped and went on to ravage nearby buildings. -
Edward B. Dudley becomes the first popularly elected governor
During the War of 1812, he commanded an Onslow regiment of volunteers and eventually earned the rank of lieutenant colonel. -
The first public schools open in North Carolina, based on a plan that had been drafted in 1817. Then, the new State Capitol is completed.
, Archibald D. Murphey, known as the "father of public education," presented to the General Assembly a report that included a plan for the state's intervention in the educational process -
James Polk becomes the 11th president of the United States
Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. ... Polk was the surprise (dark horse) candidate for president in 1844, defeating Henry Clay of the rival Whig Party by promising to annex the Republic of Texas. -
The first North Carolina State Fair is held
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United States Civil War. Some 40,000 North Carolinians are killed over the course of the war.
southern states withdrew from the Union after the election of Abraham Lincoln. The Confederate President was Jefferson Davis -
The Wright brothers make man's first successful flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane -
The United States enters World War I.
: the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the archduke of Austria-Hungary. His death at the hands of Gavrilo Princip – a Serbian nationalist with ties to the secretive military group known as the Black Hand -
Fort Bragg is established
the city was founded prior to the American Civil War as a military garrison rather than a fortification. Fort Bragg is a tourist destination because of its picturesque views of the Pacific Ocean. -
The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution passes, giving women the right to vote across the country, including in North Carolina.
After years of fighting for equality, women were guaranteed the right to vote. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucy Stone were important figures in the women's rights movement. -
The Great Depression begins
the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. In the United States, the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. -
The United States enters World War II.
Among the causes of World War II were Italian fascism in the 1920s, Japanese militarism and invasions of China in the 1930s, and especially the political takeover in 1933 of Germany by Hitler and his Nazi Party and its aggressive foreign policy. -
Hurricane Hazel
The storm killed at least 400 people in Haiti before striking the United States near the border between North and South Carolina, as a Category 4 hurricane. -
The Civil Rights Movement
a black woman in Alabama named Rosa Parks refused to give her seat on a bus to a white man. For this act of protest, Parks was arrested. The blacks no longer wanted to "sit at the back of the bus," and started a boycott of the bus system. -
- Vietnam War
The North Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam. They viewed the conflict as a colonial war and a continuation of the First Indochina War against forces from France and later on the U.S. -
Hurricane Floyd slams into North Carolina
Hurricane Floyd was a very powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane which struck the east coast of the United States. It was the sixth named storm, fourth hurricane, and third major hurricane in the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season. Floyd triggered the third largest evacuation in US history
