North Carolina History

  • Oct 13, 1000

    The new river the second oldest river in the world begin to flow into the teays

    The new river the second oldest river in the world begin to flow into the teays
  • Oct 15, 1000

    10000 b.c

    10000 b.c
    Palliau indian period begins
  • Oct 15, 1200

    1200 b.c

    1200 b.c
    asian hunters enter the americas via a land bridge where the bering straight is know
  • Oct 13, 1492

    Columbus reaches the americas

    Columbus reaches the americas
  • Oct 13, 1497

    1497

    1497
    Treaty of tortesillas reconizes spanish rights to most of the americas and north carolina
  • chap 6

    chap 6
    king charles 1 grants carolina to sir robert heath.
  • chap 6

    chap 6
    settlers from virgina begin to trickle into albmarle area of northern carolina.
  • king charles

    king charles
    king charles 2 gives carolina to the lords propritors.
  • chap 6

    chap 6
    king charles 2 gives carolina to the lords proprie itors
  • lords

    lords
    lords prieporitors recieve a new charter extending there territores.
  • carolina

    carolina
    Carolina offically splits into North carolina and south carolina.
  • chap 8

    north carolina becomes a crown colony except for the earl.
  • chap 7

    A scott gabriel joghnson becomes royalgovenor.
  • chap 8

    govenor gabriel moves to capital.
  • chap 7

    small pox kills nearly have of the cherrokee
  • chap 7

    first large group of highland scotts lands in brunwick.
  • chap 8

    assembly passes laws unfavorbale to albernete.
  • brithish defeat cherokee indians and severly weaken thier power

  • william tyrone becomes governer

  • edtea tea party takes place

  • mecllenburg resolves atre adopted

  • pairstens win battle of kings moutain

  • james iredell is appointed to firs u.s supream court

  • raleigh becomes north carolina's capitol

  • university of north carolina opens

  • 1812

    reformer archilbad D. Murphy begins term in genarral assembly
  • 1819

    board of internal improvments is organized and funded
  • 1825

    states litarary funds is estapblished
  • 1825

    lode mining of gold intisifies gold rush
  • 1828

    andrew jackson is elected president
  • 1834

    whig party is formed
  • 1845

    james k polk becomes president
  • 1846

    us declares war on mexico
  • 1850

    compromise of 1850
  • 1860

    abvraham licoln is elected president
  • 1861

    NC joins confederacy
  • 1865

    union takes fort fisher
  • Abraham Lincoln's proposed plan for Reconstruction

  • the 1860 election in southern states to swear an oath of loyalty to the United States.

  • 13th Amendment: Ratified in 1865, this amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.

  • 14th Amendment: This amendment, passed in 1866 and ratified in 1868, stated that all people born in the U.S., except Native Americans, were U.S. citizens.

  • 15th Amendment: This amendment gave African American men the right to vote and was ratified on February 3, 1870. This amendment states that no citizen of the U.S. can be denied the right to vote based on race or color.

  • Following the Civil War, the Reconstruction Amendments were adopted. The Reconstruction Amendments consist of the 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, and 15th Amendment, all of which are concerned with equal rights.

  • Black codes were a series of laws passed by ex-Confederate states following the Civil War that restricted the rights of African Americans living in the South.

  • Appalachian Moutains begin to form

  • First major land plants appear in fossil records

  • Dinosours become instict

  • 8500 B.C

    hardaway spear point named after descovery sight in north carolina
  • 9500 b.c

    The first pallian indians appear as nomads