State seal

North Carolina

  • Lost Colony

    Lost Colony
    Sir Walter Raleigh founds a second colony that disappears.
  • North Carolina and South Carolina split apart

    North Carolina and South Carolina split apart
    North Carolina and South Carolina split apart with each having different governers.
  • US Constitution

    US Constitution
    Aberham Lincon frees all slaves in Southern Confederacy.
  • Statehood

    Statehood
    North Carolina was the 12th state.
  • Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears
    The US goverment forces Cherokees to move to Oklahoma.
  • Slavery

    Slavery
    Aberham Lincon frees all slaves in southern confederacy.
  • Stock Market crash

    Stock Market crash
    The stockmarket crashes plunging the US more deeply into the Great Depression.
  • Sit-in

    Sit-in
    Four black students in Greensbrough hold the nations first sit-in to protest racial segregation.
  • Hurricane Floyd

    Hurricane Floyd
    Hurricane Floyd causes magor flooding.
  • Union

    Union
    North Carolina rejoins the union.