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Appalachian mountains begin to from.
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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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Dinosaurs become extinct.
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Outer Banks begin to form.
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first Paleo Indians appear as nomads hunting large ice age mammals.
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Warlike mound builders invade North Carolina near present-day Mt. Gilead.
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First fishing-whaling people arrived in the Northwest.
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Giovanni da Verrazano explores coast of North Carolina.
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Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon attempts settlement on Carolina coast.
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Amadas and Barlow claim North Carolina area for England
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Sir Walter Raleigh finances English settlement of Roanoke.
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First English colony established under Sir Richard Grenville and Lieutenant Ralph lane.
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John White returned to what is now know as the lost colony.
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The first Africans servants arrive in Jamestown.
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Settlers begin to arrive in Carolina.
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The popular party begins Culpeper´s rebellion.
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North Carolina´s Population was around 15000.
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Carolina officially splits into North Carolina and South Carolina.
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North Carolina becomes a crown colony.
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Smallpox kills nearly half the Cherokee.
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First large group of Highland Scots land at Bruns Wick.
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The Quartering act and Stamp act are enacted.
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England buys more than 60 percent of its naval stores from North Carolina.
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Non-importation associations plan adopted by North Carolina.
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The Edenton Tea party takes place.
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the American revolutionary war started with the battles of Lexington and Concord.
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The Declaration of Independence was approved.
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convention in Fayetteville ratifies constitution.
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Raleigh becomes state capital of North Carolina.
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North Carolina gold rush begins with the discovery of gold in Cabarrus county.
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North Carolina´s first railroad company is chartered
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Constitutional convention leads North Carolina to reforms
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Cherokees were forced to walk to what is now Oklahoma.
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The first public school opens: Wilmington and Weldon railroad is completed.
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Voters pass a manhood suffrage amendment.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected president. confederate states of America is formed.
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Civil war begins
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North Carolina joins the confederacy; Union captures Fort Hatteras
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Homestead Act is passed.
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The Civil war ends.
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Ku Klux Klan is formed.
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North Carolina's Republican party is organized.
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Henry Ford completes his first car.
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Wright Brothers make first airplane flight.
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World war 1 begins; Panama Canal opens
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United States enters world war 1 on the side of the allies; Russian Revolution starts.
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Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War 1
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Stock market crashed; The Great Depression starts.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president
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Germany invades Poland; Great Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War 2 begins.
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Allies invade Europe at Normandy on D-Day; Allies defeat Germany at Battle of the bulge.
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Roosevelt dies and Truman becomes president; Germany surrenders; U.S. drops two atomic bombs on Japan; Japan surrenders.
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Korean War begins.
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The United States explodes the first hydrogen bomb.
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Korean War ends with cease-fire.
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African Americans stage " sit-in " in Greensboro.
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First building at Research Triangle Park is completed.
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First U.S. ground troops arrive in Vietnam.
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NASA lands first astronaut on the moon.
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U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends.
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The Berlin Wall is taken down.
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North American Free Trade Agreement takes effect.
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George W. Bush is elected president.
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Terrorist attack World Trade Center and Pentagon.
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U.S. invades Iraq to remove Saddam Hussien.
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Saddam Hussien is executed for his crimes against humanity.
