History of North Carolina

A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke The fate of the settlers, who were left on Roanoke Island in the fateful 1587, the current North Carolina, has been a mystery deluding the historians for a long time. Due to the lack of facts as regards what happened to the colonists, theories and guesswork have flourished abundantly. Historian James Horn in his book ‘A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke’ makes an attempt to…

its devastating effects. The Trail of Tears was trail that consisted of a 1,000 miles that the Native Americans were forced to march on. The trail passes through the present day states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Can people visit the Trail of Tears? Yes, there are places set up for visiting the Trail of Tears. People can see campsites, some of the gravesites, forts such as Fort Hall, or there even…

https://africanamericanhistoryprofolio.weebly.com/michael-jordan.html, it states Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the fourth child of five in his family, and the youngest of three boys. Jordan’s family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina. His mother, Deloris, worked as a teller in the bank, and his father, James, was an equipment supervisor who had served in the Air Force. His dad taught him to work hard and not to be tempted by street life.…

The American Civil War was fought to meet the pending succession of the eleven states that made up the Confederate States of America. The root causes of differences between the Confederacy and the Union were slavery and sectionalism. Sectionalism refers to playing the needs of one section of the nation over the nation as a whole. In addition to these differences geographical and economic development led to the sense of the nation as divided. The South saw their fighting as “rebuilding the…

Mr. Spivey is a twenty-nine year old White American male. He stated that he was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He reported that he lived in Atlanta, Georgia consistently for fourteen to fifteen months. Mr. Spivey reported that he is single and does not have any children. Mr. Spivey has been required to complete a substance abuse evaluation as a result of a possession of an illegal drug related offense. The evaluation is to determine whether Mr. Spivey is suffering from a Substance Related…

Blue Ridge cropped You tie your hiking boots in perfectly snug knots and gently stand up, brushing the pebbles off of your left knee. A deep breath of fresh air fills your lungs as your first step leads into the wilderness. The warm breeze smells like dirt, nature at its finest. Leaves crunch beneath your powerful feet and pebbles fling off the trail, scuttling to a slow stop. You march on. Thoughts of the office vanish from your mind and Thanksgiving stumbles in. Certainly, something you 're…

bicycle shop in the mid-to-late 1890 's, and in 1902, they brought their glider to the continuously windy beach at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina. The glider made over 700 successful flights before adding power. The brothers built their own engine because no car engine could be powerful enough or light enough (Wright Brothers). The day their powered plane flew changed history and leads to questions of why they did it in the first…

This campaign season, I worked for Bruce Davis. Bruce Davis was the Democratic candidate chosen in the primary to run for House of Representatives in the Thirteen District in North Carolina. This campaign season was not a traditional one in comparison to what I’ve studied of past campaign’s. Our world has changed with the creation of social media and campaign’s have changed with it. In our campaign we had to look harder to find a proper strategy for using social media to are advantage and think…

is similar to herbal medicine and what is also known today as alternative medicine. Another modern term for Folk medicine is traditional medicine. In the book of Herbal Medicine, mentions the concept of herbal medicine and the introduction to its history. According to this book, traditional medicine is “The knowledge, skills and practices based on the theories, beliefs and experiences indigenous to different cultures, used in the maintenance of health and in the prevention, diagnosis,…

is an important quality. I hope that I am able to be an orientation leader or peer leader for the next school year. I want to help my mentees figure out college early in their academic life, similar to how my mentors helped me. As a junior at North Carolina State University, I hope I am able to study abroad with my fellow peers and friends. I plan on studying in London with a small group of friends, where we can take weekend trips all across Europe. Studying abroad helps me look more unique on…