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Oct 13, 1492
Christoper Columbus
Christoper Columbus reaches the Americas -
Oct 13, 1497
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Tordesillas recognizes Spanish rights to most of the Americas, including North Carolina. Portugal complained about the line's exact placement , Spain agreed to adjust it. After negotiations, the two countries signed the Treaty of Tordesillas. -
Oct 13, 1513
Juan Ponce de Leon
Juan Ponce de Leon is a Spaniah explorer who claimed Florida for Spain. His journey was to find the fountain of youth. -
Oct 15, 1521
Hernando Cortes
Hernando Cortes conquers Aztec Empire for Spain -
Oct 15, 1524
Giovanni da Verrazano and Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon
Giovanni explores coast of North Carolina and Lucas attemptes settlement on Carolina Coast. -
Oct 15, 1533
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco conquers Inca Empire for Spain. -
Oct 15, 1562
France challenges Spanish
France challenges Spanish control of Florida -
Sir Walter Raleigh
Raleigh finances English settlement of Roanoke -
The First Thanksgiving
The first Thanksgiving took place in 1621 -
Puritand get settled
The Puritans settle in Massachusetts Bay Colony. -
King Charles the ll gives Carolina to the Propietors
King Charles the ll gives Carolina to the Propietors -
The tuscora War was fought
The Tuscora War was fought -
Nc and Sc are split
Carolina officially splits into North Carolina and South Carolina. -
George Burrington
George Burrington becomes first royal governor of North Carolina -
Governor Gabriel
Governor Gabliel Johnston moves capital Cape fear -
King George
King George lll comes to power. -
Assembly
Assembly passes laws unfavorable to Ablemarle. Albemarle begins ignoring laws passed by the Assembly. -
French and Indian
French and Indian begin Was -
French and Indian war
French and Indian war ends, King George 3 lll signs proclamation of 1763 -
First Congress
First continental congress is held. -
The declaration
The declaration of Independence is signed -
The Treary of Paris
The treaty if Paris is signed; Americans have officially won the Revolutionary way -
Board of Internal Improvements is organized and funded
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States literary fund is established
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Andrew Jackson is elected President
Andrew Jackson signs law calling for Native Americans in the southeast to be relocated west of the Mississippi river. -
Whig Party is formed
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James K Polk becomes President
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The US Declares war against Mexico
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Voters pass a manhood suffrage amendment
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First successful oil well is drilled.
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First successful oil well is drilled.
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Abe Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is elected president -
North Carolina joins the confederacy
as well as the Civil War begins -
Lincoln announces his proclamationand reconstruction
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Congress passes Fifteenth Amendent
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
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U.S Army is withdrawn from southrren states.
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Wilimington race riots result in 11 Afrian Americans deaths.
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Henery Ford completes his first car
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Wright Brothers make first airplane flight
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Prohibition is enacted
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WWII begins
Germany invades Poland; Great Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War II Begins. -
First U.S. airborne
First U.S. Airborne forces are trained at Fort Bragg -
Japanese forces
Japanese Americans are forced into interment camps. -
Roosevelt, Truman, Japan, Germany
Roosevelt dies and Truman becomes president; Germany surrenders; U.S. drops 2 atomic bombs on Japan; Japan Surrenders -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected president. -
State Government
Commission on the Reorganization of Sate Government is created -
"sit-in"
African Americans stage 'sit-in" in Greensboro NC. -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy is assassinated -
NASA
NASA lands first Astronaut on the moon. -
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan is elected president. -
The fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall is taken down. -
George W. Bush
George W. Bush is elected President. -
9/11 Terrorist attack
Terrorists attack the World Trade Center and Pentagon on September 11.
