North Carolina / Morgan and Brandon

Christoper Columbus

Oct 13, 1492

Christoper Columbus reaches the Americas

Treaty of Tordesillas

Oct 13, 1497

Treaty of Tordesillas recognizes Spanish rights to most of the Americas, including North Carolina. Portugal complained about the line's exact placement , Spain agreed to adjust it. After negotiations, the two countries signed the Treaty of Tordesillas.

Juan Ponce de Leon

Oct 13, 1513

Juan Ponce de Leon is a Spaniah explorer who claimed Florida for Spain. His journey was to find the fountain of youth.

Hernando Cortes

Oct 15, 1521

Hernando Cortes conquers Aztec Empire for Spain

Giovanni da Verrazano and Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon

Oct 15, 1524

Giovanni explores coast of North Carolina and Lucas attemptes settlement on Carolina Coast.

Francisco Pizarro

Oct 15, 1533

Francisco conquers Inca Empire for Spain.

France challenges Spanish

Oct 15, 1562

France challenges Spanish control of Florida

Sir Walter Raleigh

Oct 15, 1587

Raleigh finances English settlement of Roanoke

The First Thanksgiving

Nov 10, 1621

The first Thanksgiving took place in 1621

Puritand get settled

Nov 10, 1630

The Puritans settle in Massachusetts Bay Colony.

King Charles the ll gives Carolina to the Propietors

Nov 10, 1665

King Charles the ll gives Carolina to the Propietors

The tuscora War was fought

Nov 12, 1711

The Tuscora War was fought

Nc and Sc are split

Nov 10, 1712

Carolina officially splits into North Carolina and South Carolina.

George Burrington

Jan 5, 1730

George Burrington becomes first royal governor of North Carolina

Governor Gabriel

Nov 12, 1734

Governor Gabliel Johnston moves capital Cape fear

King George

Nov 12, 1738

King George lll comes to power.

Assembly

Nov 12, 1746

Assembly passes laws unfavorable to Ablemarle. Albemarle begins ignoring laws passed by the Assembly.

French and Indian

Nov 12, 1754

French and Indian begin Was

French and Indian war

Jan 5, 1763

French and Indian war ends, King George 3 lll signs proclamation of 1763

First Congress

Jan 5, 1774

First continental congress is held.

The declaration

Jan 5, 1776

The declaration of Independence is signed

The Treary of Paris

Jan 5, 1776

The treaty if Paris is signed; Americans have officially won the Revolutionary way

Board of Internal Improvements is organized and funded

Mar 3, 1819

States literary fund is established

Mar 3, 1825

Andrew Jackson is elected President

Mar 3, 1830

Andrew Jackson signs law calling for Native Americans in the southeast to be relocated west of the Mississippi river.

Whig Party is formed

Mar 3, 1834

James K Polk becomes President

Mar 3, 1845

The US Declares war against Mexico

Mar 3, 1846

Voters pass a manhood suffrage amendment

Mar 3, 1857

First successful oil well is drilled.

Apr 5, 1859

First successful oil well is drilled.

Apr 5, 1859

Abe Lincoln

Mar 3, 1860

Abraham Lincoln is elected president

North Carolina joins the confederacy

Mar 3, 1861

as well as the Civil War begins

Lincoln announces his proclamationand reconstruction

Apr 5, 1863

Congress passes Fifteenth Amendent

Apr 5, 1869

Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

Apr 5, 1876

U.S Army is withdrawn from southrren states.

Apr 5, 1877

Wilimington race riots result in 11 Afrian Americans deaths.

Apr 5, 1898

Henery Ford completes his first car

Apr 5, 1903

Wright Brothers make first airplane flight

Apr 5, 1903

Prohibition is enacted

Apr 5, 1908

WWII begins

Dec 24, 1939

Germany invades Poland; Great Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War II Begins.

First U.S. airborne

Dec 24, 1942

First U.S. Airborne forces are trained at Fort Bragg

Japanese forces

Dec 24, 1942

Japanese Americans are forced into interment camps.

Roosevelt, Truman, Japan, Germany

Dec 24, 1945

Roosevelt dies and Truman becomes president; Germany surrenders; U.S. drops 2 atomic bombs on Japan; Japan Surrenders

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dec 24, 1952

Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected president.

State Government

Dec 24, 1953

Commission on the Reorganization of Sate Government is created

"sit-in"

Dec 24, 1960

African Americans stage 'sit-in" in Greensboro NC.

John F. Kennedy

Dec 24, 1963

John F. Kennedy is assassinated

NASA

Dec 24, 1969

NASA lands first Astronaut on the moon.

Ronald Reagan

Dec 24, 1980

Ronald Reagan is elected president.

The fall of the Berlin Wall

Dec 24, 1989

Berlin Wall is taken down.

George W. Bush

Dec 24, 2000

George W. Bush is elected President.

9/11 Terrorist attack

Dec 24, 2001

Terrorists attack the World Trade Center and Pentagon on September 11.