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Queen Elizabeth the I grants a charter for Sir Walter Raleigh to search and discover the barren islands off the coast of the newly discovered world, previously discovered by Verrazano and Hernando de Soto
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Sir Walter Raleigh leads an expedition to the coast of North America to establish new settlements in the New World.
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1587 August 18, Virginia Dare is the first child born in the New World
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John White establishes the second English colony in Roanoke with 150 men, women and children
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1590- John White returns after a trip to refurbish supplies only to discover the colony gone. Only evidence left was the word "Croatoan" carved into a tree. The location and demise of The Lost Colony remains a mystery today.
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Nathaniel Batts becomes the earliest known permanent settler in North Carolina
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the area considered south of Virginia becomes known as North Carolina
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Germans and Swiss establish settlements on the Neuse River
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North Carolina becomes a separate colony
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North Carolina becomes a Royal English Colony
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United States of America becomes a country as a result of the American Revolution
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North Carolina becomes the 12th state admitted to the Union
