A Nutshell History of North Carolina

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Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- How to Read This Book -- Map of North Carolina -- 1 Billion BC: Watered Down -- 250 Million BC: Land Ho! -- 60 Million BC: Mammal Time -- 10,000 BC: First Americans -- 1000 BC: Tribes -- 1540: De Soto -- 1568: Juan Pardo -- 1587: The "Hey, We're Over Here" Colony -- 1587: First Birth -- 1653: First Resident -- 1663: The Charter of Carolina -- 1669: Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina -- 1670: Tobah -- 1677: Culpepper's Rebellion -- 1700: John Lawson -- 1705: First Incorporated Town;From its dubious beginnings as a pirate-filled colony to a popular tourist destination, North Carolina has an amazingly colorful history. Author and illustrator Ben Fortson presents that history in the form of off-the-wall anecdotes, poignant insights and sublimely silly illustrations. Take a hilarious look at Daniel Boone's larger-than-life Carolina personality. Peruse an uproarious account of the Andrew Jackson birthplace controversy or politically astute commentary on the power of tobacco in the state. Fortson takes readers on a side-splitting and educational ride through the annals of Tar Heel State history. Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- How to Read This Book -- Map of North Carolina -- 1 Billion BC: Watered Down -- 250 Million BC: Land Ho! -- 60 Million BC: Mammal Time -- 10,000 BC: First Americans -- 1000 BC: Tribes -- 1540: De Soto -- 1568: Juan Pardo -- 1587: The "Hey, We're Over Here" Colony -- 1587: First Birth -- 1653: First Resident -- 1663: The Charter of Carolina -- 1669: Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina -- 1670: Tobah -- 1677: Culpepper's Rebellion -- 1700: John Lawson -- 1705: First Incorporated Town 1710: Carolinas Divided -- 1711: The Quakers and Cary's Rebellion -- 1711: Tuscarora War -- 1717: Pirates -- 1718: Blackbeard -- 1729: Royal Colony -- 1745: Settling the Piedmont -- 1750: Daniel Boone -- 1751: First Newspaper -- 1754: The French and Indian War -- 1760: The East-West Conundrum -- 1766: The Regulator Movement -- 1768: The Graveyard of the Atlantic -- 1770: The Naval Store Industry -- 1771: Carolina Slavery -- 1772: The Rice Plantation -- 1774: Edenton Tea Party -- 1775: Seeking Independence -- 1775: The Mecklenburg Resolves versus the Mecklenburg Declaration -- 1775: First Bonfire 1776: First Battle -- 1776: The Halifax Resolves -- 1776: First Constitution -- 1777: What War? -- 1781: The War Returns-The Battle of Guilford Courthouse -- 1784: Frankland -- 1789: Admitted to the Union -- 1792: The State Capital -- 1795: First Public University in America -- 1799: First Gold -- 1804: The Walton War -- 1812: Dolley Madison and the War of 1812 -- 1825: The Rip Van Winkle State -- 1826: Levi Coffin and the Underground Railroad -- 1829: Andrew Jackson -- 1830: Cherokee Land -- 1831: Nat Turner and Slavery -- 1835: Revised Constitution -- 1838: Eastern Band of the Cherokee 1839: Bright-Leaf Tobacco -- 1840: First Free Public School -- 1845: James Polk -- 1848: Calvin's Railroad -- 1853: North Carolina State Fair -- 1857: Elisha Mitchell and the First State Park -- 1861: Secession -- 1861: The Civil War -- 1865: Battle of Bentonville -- 1865: The Tar Heel State -- 1865: Aftermath of the Civil War -- 1865: Andrew Johnson -- 1866: The Lowry War -- 1868: Reconstruction -- 1878: Cherokee Reservation -- 1890: Cotton, Rice and Tobacco -- 1893: The Tobacco State -- 1895: The Biltmore House -- 1898: The Cradle of Forestry -- 1898: The Wilmington Insurrection 1903: The Flying Brothers -- 1918: Fort Bragg -- 1923: Tourism Boom -- 1925: The Highway System -- 1930: Fast Moonshine -- 1930: The Furniture Industry -- 1935: The Blue Ridge Parkway -- 1937: The Appalachian Trail -- 1940: Great Smoky Mountain National Park -- 1941: World War II -- 1942: The Outer Banks War -- 1943: First Native American College -- 1945: World War II Legacy -- 1947: The Journey of Reconciliation -- 1955: Civil Rights Movement -- 1957: Billy Graham -- 1957: The Highland Games -- 1958: Klan versus Lumbee -- 1959: Research Triangle Park -- 1960: The Andy Griffith Show