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Approximately 30 Native American tribes are scattered across North Carolina. Chief among these are the Cherokee, the Catawba, the Tuscarora, and the Croatans. Native Americans build the Town Creek Indian Mound.
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Giovanni de Varrazano is the first European to visit North Carolina.
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Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto explores the southwestern part of the state in search of gold.
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Sir Walter Raleigh sends several shiploads of people to establish the New World's first English colony on North Carolina's Roanoke Island.
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The colonists are forced to return to England due to hardships.
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Nathaniel Batts becomes the first European man to permanently settle in North Carolina.
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Many people believe that in 1775 North Carolina became the first colony to declare independence from Great Britain. After the American Revolution, North Carolina became the twelfth state of the Union.
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The Battle of Moores Creek Bridge is the first battle of the American Revolution to be fought in North Carolina.
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North Carolina becomes the first state to vote in favor of independence.
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The "Walton War" is fought between residents of Georgia and North Carolina.
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In 1861, North Carolina seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy in the Civil War.
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In 1865, North Carolina troops surrendered, leaving the state to be brought back into the Union in 1868.
