North Carolina Time Line

Pre-colonial

• Before the colonies North Carolina was home to Cherokee Indians.

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North Carolina used to be a larger state because it was joined with south

Carolina they separated in 1712.

• On April 12, 1776, the colony became the first to instruct its delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for independence from the British crown.

• On October 7, 1780 one thousand mountain men from western North Carolina overwhelmed a force of some 1000 British troops led by Major Patrick Ferguson.

Civil War

• North Carolina was the last state to join the confederacy in 1860.

End of the Civil War

• After the union defeated the confederates North Carolina rejoined the United States of America.

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