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First Paleo-indians appear as nomads hunting large Ice Age mammals such as Bison And mammoths
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Hardaway spear points named after discovery beganing to replace Colvis spear points
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Archaic period starts makes by development of new tools and artifacts.
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First dinosaurs appear in fossil record
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Woodland period marked by pottery semi-permanent villages and gardening.
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first marine organisms with hard parts such as clams snails trilobites appear in fossil record.
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First major land plants appear in fossil.
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Appalachian mountains began to form.
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Treaty of tordesillas recognizes Spanish rights to most of the Americas.
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Giovanni da verrazano explores coast of North Carolina.
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Lucas vasquez da ayllon attempts settlement on carolina coast.
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Hernando de soto expores North Carolina moutains.
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Amadas Barlowe claims North Carolina area for England.
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First english colony established under Sir Richard Grenville and lieutenant Ralph Lane.
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King Charles 1 grants Carolina to Sir Robert Heath.
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Settlers begin to arrive in North Carolina.
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Settlers from Virginia begin to trickle into Albemarle area of Northern Carolana.
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King Charles ll gives Carolina to the lord proprietors.
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North carolina becomes a crown except for the earl of granvilles portion.
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George burrington becomes first royal governor of North Carolina.
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governor burrington reports on north carolinas dislike of royal authority.
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Governor Gabriel johnston moves to capital to cape fear.
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First large group og highland scots lands at brunswick
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The crown Orders a survey to determine boundaries of the granville Assemarle
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Reformer Archibald D. Murphey begins term in General Assembly
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Board of interal improvements is orgsnized and funded
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State's literary fund is established.
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Lode mining of gold intensifies gold rush.
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General Assembly authorizes countries to erect poor houses.
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Edward bishop dudley, a whig becomes first poplarly elected governor.
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Benjamin S. Hedrick publishes book against slavery.
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Hinton Rowan Helper publishes the impending crises of the south how to meet it.
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Daniel Worth found guilty of encouraging slaves to rebel.
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Called for 10% of the 1860 electiion in the south to make an oth to be loyal to the U.S
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North Carolina joins the confederacy union captures Fort Hatteras.
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Sherman's troops enter North Carolina union forces take Roanoke Island and begin raiding towns in the eastern part of the stare.
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The Albemarle defends. Plymouth from union ships but is eventually sunk.
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These when the souths way to make blacks restirted
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The 13th 14th 15th and admendment were used for the reconstruction
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Many educational reforms are included in new state constitution NC is readmitted in the union.
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James Bonsack invents a crude cigarette Machine
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Duke family begins making cigarettes
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Leonidas L Polk organizes NC farmers association
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Wright Brothers make first airplane flight
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More than 86000 men from NC joined the armed forces; Camp green is established
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Camp bragg is established
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O max Gardner becomes governer
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NC overwhelmingly vote for F.D.R
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Thousands volunteer for armed forces battleship NC is commissoned
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The First US airborne forces are trained at fort bragg
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A new state board of education is created; Margaret Craighill becomes the first woman physician to join the U,S, military.
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university of North Carolina is required to admit black people to law, graduate, and medical schools.
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Commission on the Reorganization of state government.
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University of North Carolina graduate junius Scales is sentenced to prison for anti-government activities.
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Pearsall plan is adopted
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Pearsell Plan is ratified, giving parents tuition money to send children to private schools.
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African Americans stage "sit-in" in Greensboro.
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First building at Research Triangle Park is completed.
