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Mississippian American Indians create politicial leaders called "Chiefdoms." Towns are situated near streams and now have defensive structures.
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Christopher Columbus finds America while searching for new trade lanes to Europe.
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Hernando de Soto and his group search for gold in North Carolina. The Europeans meet the natives and give them diseases such as smallpox.
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Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe go to North America in search of new colony sites. They find and excellent place at Roanoke Island.
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The English establish a settlement at Roanoke Island.
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Governer White returns to Roanoke island to find it deserted.
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White settlers move through Indian territory along the rivers of North Carolina.
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Virginia legistrator Francis Yeardly hires Nathenial Batts to explore the Albemarle sound area as a possible place for settlement. Batts trades with the natives and becomes the first permanent settler.
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Chowanoc Indians attack whites. They are stopped wuth heavy casualties.
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An Indian slave escapes and serves as an architect in making the large Tuscorora fort near the Neuse River.
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Tuscorora war begins. Tuscorora clans attack white settlers. Virginia refuses to send troops but gives $1'000 for assisstance.
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The Tuscorora sign a treaty with the white setllers. They are moved to the riverbanks of the the Pamlico River.
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Cherokee leaders meet King George II. They pledge frindship with the English.
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A smallpox epidemic kills off about 50% of the Cherokee population in North Carolina.
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Cherokee and colonists fight over expanding colonists land.
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The french and english start the the French and Indian war in North America.
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The British and American Militia dstroy Cherokee villages and save Fort Prince George garrison.
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The treaty of Paris is signed ending the French and Indian war in Ameica.
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42'000 North Carolinians die in the civil war. Over 200'000 black indian slaves are recruited for the Confederacy.
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The North Carolinia law is changed allowing Indian men over the 21 the right to vote.
