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North Carolina was founded by Virginian colonists
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The first Permanent North Carolina settler was Nathaniel Batts
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8 noble men appointed by the king control NC
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Carolina Fundamental Constitution legalized Slavery
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North Carolina first town was built- Bath
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Pirate Blackbeard was killed of the coast of NC
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Hurricane struck Outer Banks; 165 killed; crops destroyed, mill-dams broken
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North Carolina admitted to Union as 12th state; University of North Carolina received charter, first public school in U. S
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Capital moved from New Bern to Raleigh
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First gold nugget in U. S. found at Reed Gold Mine, Cabarrus County
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dispute between NC and GA over 12-mile strip of land
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North Carolina Native Andrew Jackson became the 7th president
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Adam Crooks, Jesse McBride, run out of state
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First North Carolina state fair held
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1861-1865: Civil War took place; over 40,000 North Carolinians killed during war
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Bloodiest battle in North Carolina occurred at Bentonville, Confederates defeated; large number of Confederates surrendered at Bennett Place
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Tuscarora Indian, Henry Berry Lowrie, led revolt in Robeson County
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NC rejoined the union
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reservation is formed in Western North Carolina, providing protection for those Native Americans who lived in that area.
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James B. Duke founds American Tobacco Company
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James B. Duke founds American Tobacco Company
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The Wright Brothers began active flying experiments at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
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The SOS distress signal was first used by an American ship, the Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras
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The great depression was a economic crisis which effect people and companies
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Caleb Braham sold the Pepsi-Cola trademark and business for $35,000. He was forced into bankruptcy after sugar prices plummeted from 22 1/2 cents a pound to 3 1/2 cents
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Black Mountain College in western North Carolina was founded by Theodore Dreir (d.1997), an electrical engineer, to develop the educational ideas of John Dewey
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Pembroke Collage was the first four year collage for Indians
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The 1st privately operated atomic reactor opened in Raleigh NC
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Race riots took place in Durham, NC
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oldest animal fossils to date in the US were discovered in North Carolina
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Terry Stanford was elected to the US Senate
