History of North Carolina

thoughts to leave. It wasn’t that Charlotte somehow had something unique and spectacular but the fact that it had varied items from throughout the history. Thinking back, most of the artifacts were on the side of insignificant but that is to be expected. Cities will just unload their old files once they have reached a certain date. The collection of arbitrary Charlotte history held the first artifact that caught my attention. I will…

In 2015, for the first time in state history, the Supreme Court of North Carolina determined that non-public schools could qualify as constitutionally eligible recipients of public taxpayer dollars. The court in Hart v. State determined that the expenditure in question, the Opportunity Scholarship Program (“the Program”), met the standards required for designation as a public purpose. The Program consisted of a $4,200 per year voucher scholarship set for distribution to eligible students who…

In the 1730s, a quaint town was settled on the coast of North Carolina bordering both the White Oak River and Atlantic Ocean. Today, this town boasts a rich history and the title "Friendly City by the Sea." Swansboro, North Carolina has grown and prospered in the 200 years since its official establishment in 1783. It has been threatened by the Civil War, pirates, and the Great Depression but persevered by having flexible industries and promoting growth. The history of Swansboro has been greatly…

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…

In North Carolina, for instance, there has been a gradual shift towards increasing state power regarding education policy and authority. While the General Assembly originally instructed local governments to create certain education bodies, certification processes and curricula, the end of the Civil War marked a significant turning point for North Carolina public schools. States significantly increased financing for schools as well as prescribed courses and textbooks schools were supposed to use…

Frank Porter Graham was much more than just a simple North Carolinian he was a former North Carolinian senator, high school teacher, college professor, former Marine Corps lieutenant, former UNC president, liberalist, activist, and former United Nations board member. During Graham’s climax in his career North Carolina was on the verge of one of the most important changes of its time, the civil rights movement. To begin with we will be looking into Grahams’ life as he played the many roles he had…

“I don’t think you can really understand the South if you don’t understand barbeque—as food, process, and event.” Barbeque has been one of the quintessential foods of the South and especially North Carolina for over 300 years and one can find its wood-smoked legacy throughout the Old North State. In colonial Virginia, where barbecue is thought to have first been introduced to white settlers, slave-owners made the duty of cooking barbecue for slaves (this was also the case in South Carolina). …

mountains, to beach music on the coast, North Carolina is a state that has an extensive variety of traditional music. The main research focus is on the historic, geographic and musical aspects of the North Carolina Appalachian Mountains. The Appalachian Trail passes through western North Carolina, and the Blue Ridge Mountains are part of the Appalachian Mountain range. Throughout the section of Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, there have been “trails” made, one highlighting the music of…

hoping to find remains that would give them a big clue to what happened to the “lost colony.” After using the GPR nothing was found to give them any clues of there being something underground. Even after using maps, paintings, and technology there is still no further clues to what happened to the “lost colony.” There is only theories that keep people wondering and thinking about the unsolved mystery. The theories of disease, war, erosion, and new settlement still stay alive and keep the mystery…

Oppression is common throughout history; resistance is common, also. North Carolina finds its place in the American narrative both as a British colony and later as a state, but it has its own individuality in how that transition was made. While many fellow colonists viewed the inhabitants of North Carolina as backwards or simple, this did not impede the development of a culture that was slowly becoming more diverse and growing as immigration drastically raised the population over the course of…