We're now on Day #33 of my daily US states threads in honor of the 250th anniversary of the country.North Carolina joined as the 12th state on 11/21/1789. The name Carolina is a Latin feminization of the word Charles, for whom King Charles II of England is the namesake of the Carolinas. The state has a population of 11.2 Million and is 53.8k square miles in size. Its capital is Raleigh and its largest city is Charlotte. Two presidents (Polk, Johnson) are from here. We know North Carolina has been occupied since at least 10k years ago by the Hardaway Site. The Spanish attempted to settle North Carolina in 1567 but all were killed by next year. The English then tried twice in the 1580's but both failed. The second attempt, Roanoke, famously disappeared. It would not be until 1663 when the Carolina charter would be granted to the English. The majority arriving were indentured servants, with a fluid line between them and enslaved Africans that gradually shifted towards the latter. North Carolina was the first state to instruct its delegates to vote for independence. The Battle of King's Mountain was a major American victory and resulted in the death of English Major Patrick Ferguson. Cotton and tobacco became core to the state's economy, though the state had less enslaved than other southern states. It was the last to join the confederacy. The first Confederate to die in the war was from here. The Red Shirts and KKK proved a nuisance during the latter half of the 19th century. Racial tensions ran so high that it resulted in the 1898 Wilmington Massacre, the only successful coup in American history. Race relations have since improved.On 12/17/1903, the Wright Brothers achieved flight at Kitty Hawk, inventing the airplane. In 1959 the Research Triangle Park was established, serving as the largest research park in the country. The state has grown steadily in the past few decades, with a rising population and economy. What do you think of The Tar Heel State?
>>18627373Mostly a typical Southern state; some modern/tech/hipster communities in Charlotte surrounded by traditional hicks where there's a Baptist church on every corner and everyone's ancestor fought in the Confederate army.
North Carolina contributed more men to the Confederate army than any other state, yet had been late to secede and seem to have done so mostly because they were surrounded by seceded states on all sides and had no other option. The state escaped significant destruction in the war.
>>18627373like most of the Upper South, Jim Crow was not as severe as the Deep South and the Republican Party maintained some presence in the state. desegregation in the 60s was mostly accomplished peacefully.
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Biltmore is cool as hell. I’ve been to a lot of great estates and this place is beyond even those
