North Carolina Colony

By DevynnGray2
  • Aug 12, 1524

    Giovanni de Varrazano

    Giovanni de Varrazano is the first European to visit North Carolina.
  • Period: Aug 12, 1524 to

    NC colony

    The building of The NC colony
  • Dec 16, 1540

    Hernando de Soto

    Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto explores the southwestern part of the state in search of gold.

  • Walter Raleigh

    Sir Walter Raleigh sends several shiploads of people to establish the New World's first English colony on North Carolina's Roanoke Island.

  • Hardships

    The colonists are forced to return to England due to hardships.

  • John White

    John White establishes a second English colony at Roanoke.

  • Virginia Dare

    Virginia Dare is born, becoming the first English child christened on American soil.

  • White returns

    White returns to England for more supplies.

  • Roanoke

    White returns to Roanoke to find that the settlers have all disappeared. The word "CROATOAN" is found carved into a tree. The fate of "The Lost Colony" remains one of the state's most enduring mysteries.

  • Nathaniel Batts

    Nathaniel Batts becomes the first European man to permanently settle in North Carolina.

  • First Town

    Bath, the first town in North Carolina, is built.