l State abbreviation: N.C./NC l Name for Residents - North Carolinians Basic l Capital: Raleigh l Motto: Esse quam videri (To be rather than to seem) l Largest City - Charlotte Size l Land area: 48,711 sq mi. (126,161 sq km) l 2010 resident population est.: 9,535,483 l Number of counties: 100 l North Carolina is the 28th biggest state in the U.S Joining the Union l Entered Union (rank): Nov. 21, 1789 l North Carolina was the 12th state to join. l North Carolina joined the Confederacy during the Civil War. State flag North Carolina's official flag was adopted in 1885. l Symbols l Flower: dogwood (1941) l Tree: pine (1963) l Bird: cardinal (1943) l Mammal: gray squirrel (1969) l Insect: honeybee (1973) l Reptile: eastern box turtle (1979) Symbols l Gemstone: emerald (1973) l Shell:scotch bonnet (1965) l Historic boat: shad boat (1987) l Beverage: milk (1987) l Rock:granite (1979) l Dog:plott hound (1989) l Song : "The Old North State" (1927) l
30,00010,000 BC Prehistoric hunters cross over into Canada from Asia circa 1000 AD Leif Ericsson leads a Viking expedition to the New World 1451 The Iroquois Confederacy is formed 1497 John Cabot reaches Newfoundland (or perhaps Cape Breton) 1534 Jacques Cartier first explores the St. Lawrence region 1608 Samuel de Champlain establishes a French colony at Québec City 1670 Hudson's Bay Company is formed 1755 Expulsion of the Acadians 1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham: Québec City is captured 1763 New France is formally ceded to Britain; Pontiac Rebellion erupts 1783 Loyalist refugees begin arriving after the American Revolution 181214 War of 1812: U.S
(17751783). Thirteen colonies formally declared their independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776 when they declared it in the Declaration of Independence. In 1789 George Washington became the first president of the United States. White House was built in 1792-1800 and it became the official president residence. The Civil War 18611865 was between the Union (Abraham Lincoln) and the Confederacy (Robert E. Lee) and the reason was that the north side (Union) was against slavery in the south side (Confederacy). The war was won by the Union and it ended slavery. The racism against black people remained. America took part in both World Wars. In World War II Japan bombed Pearl Harbors in 1941 and in 1945 America dropped two nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which ended the war. In 1963 after John F
Age technology with a wide variety of relationships both to one another and to Ancient Rome. Although the Roman presence was an important time in Scottish history, not least because it was when written records first emerged, Roman influence on Scottish culture was not enduring. The Roman invasion under Quintus Petillius Cerialis began in AD 71 and culminated in the battle of Mons Graupius at an unknown location in northern Scotland in 84. Although the Caledonian confederacy suffered a defeat it was not long before the legions abandoned their territorial gains and returned to a line south of the Solway Firth, later consolidated by the construction of Hadrian's Wall. Roman commanders subsequently made various attempts to conquer territory to the north of this line, including the building of the Antonine Wall and the later Severan campaigns but their success was similarly shortlived. Roman forces ceased to have a significant impact after 211
Result: Mexican American war · Underground Railroad Network of people who helped slaves escape south Hundreds of slaves each year used railroad terminology · Dred Scott case A black man who tried to sue for his freedom 1857 he lost the case Overall, the Dred Scott decision had the effect of widening the political and social gap between North and South and took the nation closer to the brink of Civil War. · Formation of Confederacy Abraham Lincoln Adaption of constitution S. Carolia stepped out of the union You can't buy slaves outside of the USA · Causes of the Civil War (1861-1865) Unfair taxation (import-export cotton) Slavery (N abolished, S depended on it) States' rights (governement passed laws that threatened south) · Developments and outcome of the war 9th April 1865 end of the war Victory to the Northern States North assisted building up south 15th April assassination of Lincoln
She looked forward to their entrance as the point on which all her chance of pleasure for the evening must depend. "If he does not come to me, then," said she, "I shall give him up for ever." The gentlemen came; and she thought he looked as if he would have answered her hopes; but, alas! the ladies had crowded round the table, where Miss Bennet was making tea, and Elizabeth pouring out the coffee, in so close a confederacy that there was not a single vacancy near her which would admit of a chair. And on the gentlemen's approaching, one of the girls moved closer to her than ever, and said, in a whisper: "The men shan't come and part us, I am determined. We want none of them; do we?" Darcy had walked away to another part of the room. She followed him with her eyes, envied everyone to whom he spoke, had scarcely patience enough to help anybody to coffee; and then was enraged against herself for being so silly!
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