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New World
Phillip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe reach Roanoke Island -
Raleigh
John White founded Raleigh, North Caolina -
First Town
Bath is incorporated as North Carolina's first town in the North Carolina colony -
Colony
North Carolina becomes a colony -
Yamasee War
Indian confederation came close to wiping out white settlements in their area -
Blackbeard
Blackbeard is killed at Teach's Hole near Ocracoke -
first capital
Edenton is incorporated as North Carolina's first capital of the North Carolina colony -
Royal Colony
North Caolina becomes a royal english colony -
Tryon Palace
Tryon Palace is built in New Bern -
Mecklenburg Declaration
Mecklenburg Declaration is signed in Charlotte decalaring independence from Great Britian -
Halifax Resolves
North Carolina adopts the Halifax Resolves calling for independence from England -
Statehood
North Carolina was amitted to the Union -
Harpers Ferry
John Brown raids Harpers Ferry -
cherokee reservation
Cherokee indian reservation is established in western North Carolina -
First Flight
The Wright brothers are the first to build and fly an airplane -
prohitbition
North Carolina becomes the first southern state to adopt statewide prohibition -
forts
Congress establishes Fort Brag near Fayetteville -
Cape Lookout
The cape lookout national seashore is established -
women in senate
Elizabeth Doles is elected into the North Carolina state senate. -
Fast Growth
North Carolina becomes the fourth fastest growing state in the U.S.A.