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  Outer Banks begin to form.
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  The New River, the second-oldest river in the world, begins to flow into the Teays river.
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  marked by pottery, semi-perment villatges and gardeing.
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  First Paleo-Indians appear as nomads hunting large Ice Age mammals, such as bison and mammoths.
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  named after discovery sight in Nortth Carolina,begans to rplaces clovis spear pionts
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  Starts marked by development of new tools an artifacts.
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  A mound building culture of the Ohio Valley, spreads influence as far as Louisiana, Iowa, and New York.
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  Mississippian Culture starts to develop in Eastern Woodlands.
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  brings full-scale ariculter with corn,beans and squash as major crops.
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  Largest ceremonial center of Mississippian mound builders at Cahokia has 10000 inhabitants.
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  Iroquois League formed in Northwest; Anasazi abandon pueblos in the Southwest.
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  invade North Carolina near present-day Mt. Gilead,and then mysteriously leave a hundred years later.
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  Columbus "discovers" America.
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  Columbus reaches the Americas.
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  Cabot sails up the coast of Newfoundland for England.
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  This recognizes Spanish rights to most of the Americas, including North Carolina.
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  Cabot claims Newfoundland for England.
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  Juan Ponce de Leon explores Florida for Spain.
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  Cortes conquers Aztec Empire for Spain.
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  What he said...
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  Cartier sails down St. Lawrence River, claims land for France.
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  Soto reaches Mississippi river for Spain.
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  France challenges Spain for control of Florida.
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  Lincoln announces his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction
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  Confederacy surrenders; Andrew Johnson becomes president; Thirteenth Amendment is passed.
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  Congress passes Fourteenth Amendment; Ku Klux Klan is created.
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  Holden becomes provisional governor; North Carolina ratifies Thirteenth Admendment.