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Roanoke Island (First Attempt)
The details were being planned in April of 1854, but it wasn't until 1585 that ships were sent. Seven ships were sent to Roanoke Island by Sir Walter Grenville who was sir Walter Raleigh's cousin from England. This colont didn't survive and became the Lost Colony. -
Roanoke Island (Second Attempt)
After the first colony didn't survive. Another ship was sent to Roanoke Island from England. The second trrip help 150 people and was led by John White. The second attempt was also sent by Sir Walter Grenville. -
The Date of Founding North Carolina as a Colony
In 1653, Noth Carolina was founded. North Carolina was founded by Virginians. North Carolina was on of the last colonies to ratify the Constitiution. North Carolina holds the home of the lost colont located in Roanoke, North Carolina. -
Culpeper's Rebellion
this rebellion last from 1677 through 1679. Culpeper's Rebellion was an uprising around the area of Albemarle. This was led by John Culpeper. He and others imprisoned some officials that they thought were being unjust. They created a government of their own and elected Culpeper the leader. They did this because they thought that their own government was corrupt. -
When North Carolina Became a Royal Colony
On the 14th of May in the year 1729 North Carolina was taken over by the crown. King George II held the crown of England. Though it had been taken over under British rule, England had nothing really to do with the colinies untikl the end of the French and Indian when it had borrowed money and weapons from other countries and didn't have the money to pay it back so they started taxing the royal colinies in the America's. -
Wilmington Provincial Congress
It was a meeting of assembly led by William Hooper. The people at this meeting were trying to decide and think about what thety thought about and could do about the Intolerable Acts being passed by the British. -
Edenton Tea Party
The Edenton Tea Party was one of the first political uprisings performed by women. This uprising was organized by Penelope Barker. Held at Elizabeth King's house in edenton, North Carolina, fifty-one women got together and supported the cause of "no taxation without representation" -
Mecklenburg Resolves
The Mecklenburg Reasolves was a document written that stated that any or all the British rules were void and did not have to be obeyed. This document started in Mecklenburg County in North Carolina. The believers of the Mecklenburg Resolves thought that the only people who govern the colonies were Continental Congress. This document is also known as the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. -
Halifax Resolves
The Halifax Resolves took place in Halifax, North Carolina. It helped towards the Declaration of Independence being created. It wanted the colonies to be separated from British Rule. It was created at the Second Continental Congress. -
Current North Carolina Constitution
This constitution tells the basic way that the govenment should be working and the twenty-five basic personal freedoms. Now the only basic differences are the rights to own property and voting rights. -
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
The Battle of Guilford COurthouse was a battle in Greensboro, North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War. The British led by General Cornwallis defeated the Americans led by Nathaniel Greene. Though the Americans lost, this battke showed that North Carolina was not going to go down without a fight like the states of Georgia and South Carolina. -
Hillsborough Convention
This convention lasted from July 21 through the 4th of August. It was a convention where delegates of the Federalista and the Anti-Federalists decided whther to ratify the Constitution or deny it. After two weeks of debating a decision was never reached but yet another convention was held to decide the ratification. -
Hoke VS. State
Thise case has to do with slave trade and prostitution. Kept the Mann Act "living". -
Leandro VS. North Carolina
This was the court case that made it all the way to Supreme Court where a few of the poorest districts sued the state of North Carolina for the fact that they thought they were not givern sufficient funds to run their schools and educate their children,
