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Penolope Barkey might have been the wealthiest lady in the colonines. She decided to host a tea party, but this was not an ordinary tea party with sewing and cooking. Ms. Barker's tea party was about getting freedom from the British.
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The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge was the first battle of the Revelotionary War that was fought in North Carolina. It did not end well for the Americans.
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Battle of Guilford Courthouse was a major Revelotionary War battle on North Carolina soil. Though the British won this battle, it weakened the British severely.
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North Carolinians agreed to ratify the constitution. On November 21st 1789, North Carolina became the 12th to join the Union.
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The Battle of Bentonville was the bloodiest Civil War battle in North Carolina. Joseph Johnston, the genreral of the Confederecy, fought tuntil they had to surrender.
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The Wright brothers built and flew the first airplane. If it weren't for them, flying technology probably wouldn't be as modern as it is today.
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The Greensboro sit-in, act of nonviolent protest against a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., began on Feb. 1, 1960. Its success led to a wider sit-in movement organized primarily by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) that spread throughout the South.
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The highest temperature in North Carolina hits 110 degrees F in Fayetteville, NC.
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North Carolina had its lowest temperature ever... -34 degrees F recorded at Mount Mitchell.
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Hurricane Floyd was a destructive hurricane that occurred in North Carolina.
