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North Carolina History by Yuleah and Blake

By Yuleah_Lopez
  • 100

    The new river, the second oldest river in the world begins to flow into the teays river

    100 million b.c.
  • 165

    First Dinosars appear in the fossil record

    165 million B.C
  • 270

    Appalachian Mountsins begin to form

    270 million B.C.
  • Oct 2, 1000

    Woodland period, marked by pottery,simi-permanent villages, and gardening

    1000 B.C.
  • Oct 2, 1000

    Mississippian culture develops in eastern woodlands

    1000 A.D.
  • Oct 2, 1100

    Paleo Indian period begins

    10000 B.C.
  • Oct 2, 1492

    Columbus "Discovers" America

    1492 A.D.
  • Oct 3, 1492

    Christopher Colombus reaches the Americas

    1492 United states
  • Oct 3, 1513

    Juan ponce de leon explores florida for france

    1513 florida
  • Oct 3, 1524

    Giovanni da verrano explores coast of North carolina

    1524 North carolina

  • Sir walter raligh financecs English settlement Roanoke

    1587 english settlement

  • OUter banks begin to form

    1600 B.C.

  • Jamestown Virginia was founded

  • First Thanksgiving was celebrated

  • PIlgrimes reached massachutes

  • King charles 1 grants carolana to sir robert heith

  • puritans settle massachutes bay colony

  • The dutch surendered new amsterdam to the english

  • New bern is established

  • a scot gaberial johnston becomes royal governor

  • Governer Gabriel Johnston moves capital to cape fear.

  • Smallpox kills nearly half of the cherokee

  • Assembly passes laws unfavorable to Albermarle

  • Tobacco Industry thrives and planters prosper

  • french and indian war begans

  • king george the 3rd comes to power

  • British defeat the cherokee and severely weaken their power.

  • french and indian war ends

  • William Tryon becomes governor

  • Western countries start regular movement.

  • The Edenton tea party takes place.

  • first continental congress is held

  • Mecklenberg resolves are adopted.

  • Partisins win battle of kings mountain.

  • Raliegh becomes state capital of North CArolina

  • the university of North Carolina is opened.

  • War of 1812 begins.

  • Lode Mining of gold intensifies gold rush

  • 1828 andrew jackson was elcted resident

    andrew jackson was elcted resident

  • 1834 whig party was formed

    whig party was formed

  • Wig party is formed

  • 1835Treaty ends all native american cliams to land east of the mississippi river

    Treaty ends all native american cliams to land east of the mississippi river

  • James K Polk becomes president

  • the united states declare war on mexico

  • uncle toms cabin is published

  • First sucessful oil well

  • abraham lincoln is elected president

  • civil war begins

  • North Carolina joins the confederacy union captures fort hautteras

  • homestead act is passed

  • the albemarle defends plymouth from union ships but is eventually sunk.

  • rockefeller organizes standard oil company

  • U.S. army is withdrawn from southern states

  • congress passes interstate commerce act

  • ford builds his first car

  • wright brothers make first airplane flight

  • Henery ford completes his first car

  • congress passes fifteenth amendment