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NC Political History

November 21, 1789 - North Carolina became the 12th state. Among all states, North Carolina troops suffered the greatest losses during the Civil War, while fighting for the Confederacy. North Carolina, re-entered the Union after the fighting ceased.
Area - 52,672 sq. miles Capital - Raleigh © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
Motto - Esse quam videri (Latin - To be rather than to seem.) Nickname - Old North State, Tar Heel State

- North Carolina becomes the first state to vote in favor of independence on April 12, 1776.
- North Carolina ratifies the U.S. Constitution on November 21, 1789, becoming the 12th state of the Union.
- The US Constitutional Convention of 1787 gives the states the right to set voting qualifications. North Carolina denies women the right to vote.
- The capital of North Carolina is moved to Raleigh in 1794, it was previously located at New Bern.
- Andrew Jackson a North Carolina native becomes the 7th president of the United States in 1828.
- Edward B. Dudley is the first governor elected by the voters of North Carolina in 1836. The governor was previously selected by the State Senate.
- North Carolina did not secede from the Union but rather, on May 20, 1861, voted to "undo" the act that had brought it into the Union. © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
- After the Civil War North Carolina is readmitted to the Union on July 4, 1868.
- North Carolina proposes a bill in 1897 that would be the first bill to give women the right to vote, it is sent to a committee on insane asylums and is never passed.
- The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution passes in 1920, giving women the right to vote across the country, including North Carolina.
- The birth of the "Sit-In" is born February 1, 1960, in Greensboro, North Carolina, to protest segregation at a lunch counter. Within days, sit-ins occurring across the state.
- Governor Jim Hunt is re-elected in 1996 to a 4th term to set the North Carolina record.

One Vote Counts in North Carolina.
Sources - http://www.shgresources.com - http://www.dpsinfo.com/women/history/timeline.html - http://www.elmersflag.com/products.cfm - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_mottos - http://www.livgenmi.com/statemotto.htm

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