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Roanoke Island (fist attempt)
The first attempt was headed by Ralph Lane in 1585, after Sir Richard Grenville, who had transported the colonists to Virginia, returned to England for supplies as planned. The colonists were desperately in need of supplies and Grenville's return was delayed. As a result, when Sir Francis Drake put in at Roanoke after attacking the Spanish colony of St. Augustine, the entire population abandoned the colony and returned with Drake to England. -
Roanoke Island (second attempt)
In 1587, the English again attempted to settle Roanoke Island. John White, father of colonist Eleanor Dare, and grandfather to Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the New World, left the colony to return to England for supplies. He expected to return to Roanoke Island within three months. Instead, he found England at war with Spain, and all ships were confiscated for use of the war efforts. White's return to Roanoke Island was delayed until 1590, by which time all the colonists had di -
date of founding NC as a colony
In 1653, some Virginians settled in what would become North Carolina. This was a collection of disparate settlers which often led to internal problems and disputes.
The colony was one of the last hold outs to ratify the Constitution – after it had already gone into effect and the government had been established.
The lost colony of Roanoke was located in what is now North Carolina. -
Culpeper’s rebellion
Culpeper's Rebellion occurred during the 1670s in Pasquotank County, North Carolina.
Disagreements between the two parties grew in part because many people had already settled in Albemarle before the Proprietors took over. Resenting any interference from the Proprietors, they often rebelled at what they saw as unfair orders. The colony, in fact, earned the reputation as the most unruly of the English colonies. Long and bitter quarrels arose over the governor's salary, quitrents, taxes, paper m -
NC became a Royal Colony
The division between the North and South governments became complete in 1712, but both colonies remained in the hands of the same group of proprietors. A rebellion against the proprietors broke out in 1719 which led to the appointment of a royal governor for South Carolina in 1720 -
Wilmington Provincial Congress
In 1774, William Hooper led the charge for a provincial congress, or assembly, to coordinate the colony’s response to the “Intolerable Acts” of Parliament. He represented North Carolina at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia that fall, and two years later would sign the Declaration of Independence -
Edenton Tea Party
August 22, 1774, when a mass meeting of citizens, presided over by Daniel Earle, rector of St. Paul's Church, gathered at the court house, publicly denounced the unjust imposition of taxes and prosecutions and condemned the Boston Port Act, openly declaring that "the cause of Boston was the cause of us all." 51 ladies of the town met and openly resolved not to drink tea nor wear any cloth from England until the tax acts were repealed. -
Mecklenburg resolves
The Mecklenburg Resolves, or Charlottetown (Charlotte Town) Resolves, and sometimes referred to as the "Mecklenburg Declaration", was a list of statements reputed to have been introduced in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina to the Mecklenburg Committee of Safety on or after March 20, 1775 and adopted by the committee on May 31, 1775. -
Halifax resolves
The Halifax Resolves were passed on April 12, 1776 by the Fourth Provincial Congress of North Carolina that met at Halifax County, North Carolina. The Resolves were the very first instructions by any colony that authorized its delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for independence from Great Britain. 83 members voted unanimously to authorize North Carolina's delegates to vote for independence. -
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
The Battle of Guilford Court House was a battle fought on March 15, 1781 in Greensboro, the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War. A force of 1,900 British troops under the command of Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis defeated an American force of 4,000 under Rhode Island native, Major General Nathanael Greene. -
Hillsborough Convention
Meeting in Hillsborough, North Carolina, delegates convened from July 21 to August 4,1788 to consider ratification of the newly proposed federal Constitution. -
Hoke vs. State
Hoke v. United States, 227 U.S. 308 (1913), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that the United States Congress could not regulate prostitution per se, as that was strictly the province of the states. Congress could, however, regulate interstate travel for purposes of prostitution or “immoral purposes.” It upheld the Mann Act. -
Current NC Constitution
The first North Carolina Constitution was created in 1776 after the American Declaration of Independence. Since the first state constitution, there have been two major revisions and many amendments. The current form was ratified in 1971 and has 14 articles. Through its history, North Carolina has had three Constitutions: the Constitution of 1776, the Constitution of 1868, and the Constitution of 1971. -
Leandro vs. NC
In 1994, a lawsuit was filed against the State of North Carolina by parents, children and school districts in five low-wealth rural counties (Hoke, Halifax, Robeson, Vance and Cumberland). The Plaintiffs (including the Leandro family) argued that, despite higher than average tax rates, schools in these counties ended up with lower than average tax revenues.
