Cary, North Carolina

Starting in Europe was the first actual settlement for North Carolina. This was established in Albemarle, around 1653. During 1663 somebody by the name of Charles gave 8 people acknowledgment allowing them to the “lords proprietors” of Carolina. This ended up dividing Carolina into 3 sections. Albemarle was in the North with a smaller settlement, while then there was Cape Fear, and lastly Craven, as we know as South Carolina. The Albemarle area in 1691 was named North Carolina and became a separate colony in 1712. The settlers here were isolated from all the other colonies. The colony was living off of farms, corn, and livestock. In the late 17th and early 18th century there started to be many conflicts. The Culrepe’s Rebellion, The Cary Rebellion, The Tuscarora War, Blackbeard the pirate, and the Regulator Movement. Some of my favorites to talk about are Blackbeard the pirate and how fierce he was on the water. Legend says that he carried himself in a way that everybody was scared of him and he was a force to be wrecked with. However, this day came to an end whenever he was killed, but definitely left his name in the piracy world.…

I did not pay attention to my laugh. When I laugh, it means I really enjoyed something, at that time I have no time to care about how I laugh. According to my mom’s description, I usually laugh with no sound or little sound but my mouth is always widely opened. I think it is quite similar to my puppy. Every time she laugh, there is no sound, but her mouth is also widely opened. My laugh is not very special. Not so special that each time everybody will recognize my laugh. There is someone that I…

North Carolina is a unique state in regards to its history. First colonized nearly four hundred years ago, North Carolina has had a turbulent history. From the beginning, there were issues with the Native Americans. As time progressed, the colony continued to have issues, not only with Native Americans, but also problems with the British. Though North Carolina was a British territory, their shared history was one of a rebellious nature against the crown. By the time of the American Revolution…

As every college student I plan on working extremely hard for the highest G.P.A possible. I have started off my freshman year on the right foot and hopefully I continue on the right path towards success. This school year with the help of my peer leader and my academic mentor, I have decided to also major in sports management due my passion of analyzing sports as well as managing the business side of things. Additionally, I have greatly appreciated my student mentors and shown me that leadership…

generalization, the same types of affects have been taking place in North Carolina over the years. In doing some research about how this impacts our own state I have learned through the N.C. Department of Commerce’s 2016 Employer Needs Survey, more than one-third or 39% of respondents from among the 1,900 businesses surveyed across every North Carolina county concluded to have had difficulty in filling positions in the past year (Salamido, 2016). CONS: The article touched on climate as a vital…

Almost immediately after the uprising passed, not just the city of Wilmington, but rather the entire state of North Carolina enacted laws that began the Jim Crow era and rescinded all of the progressive statutes passed under the Reconstruction government. The fact that only one major massacre was required to activate this change demonstrates just how high the tensions were boiling. The election of 1900 passed quickly and ended with an overwhelming Democratic win, mainly because blacks and other…

government and through this all countries will be lost regardless if established now or later because of John Locke’s ideas of democracy through the use of imagery, symbolism and antithesis. One of Lincoln’s literary device that is used to support his argument is symbolism, by comparing both the north and the south to express to us how a democratic government should treat their people. In the speech Lincoln states “... and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal ( Abraham…

The passing of House Bill 2 (HB2) in North Carolina has been surrounded by controversy. Some groups have stated that the bill is designed to protect citizens of the state and therefore needs remain law. However, others believe that the bill is transphobic, homophobic, does not represent the state in the best light, and needs to be repealed. Both groups defend their positions by saying that the action they would like to see is the best course of action for the state and its citizens. Ethically,…

lot of the Radical Republicans thought that the Southern states had not learned their lesson form the Civil War, so they strongly disagreed with what Lincoln was doing. Even after Lincoln’s death and President Andrew Johnson came into power and was going to implement the same type of plan, they were still very upset with the idea. Once congressional Reconstruction was put into place it was a lot harsher than what the presidential reconstruction suggested. Congressional Reconstruction put…

The state has already seen how horrible the new Bathroom Bill has been for North Carolina, and with riots in major cities such as Charlotte, Raleigh and Chapel Hill they are doing what they can to rectify the situation. The governor has already placed an order for the bill to go back to court to be argued against its validity. North Carolina is home to some of the best colleges in the United States and some of the most famous government wildlife parks and mountain ranges, the state used to be…