North Carolina-Quadricentennial Plaza-Jamestown Settlement - VA
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Queen Elizabeth I of England granted Sir Walter Raleigh the right to establish a colony in 1584. Two settlements at Roanoke Island (1585, 1587) were unsuccessful, the second now known as the “lost colony.”
Waymark Code: WM13DAB
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2020
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North Carolina-Quadricentennial Plaza— Jamestown Settlement —
One of the thirteen original colonies
Capital-Raleigh
Queen Elizabeth I of England granted Sir Walter Raleigh the right to establish a colony in 1584. Two settlements at Roanoke Island (1585, 1587) were unsuccessful, the second now known as the “lost colony.” By 1650, a few colonists from Virginia had settled in the Albermarle Sound region. In 1663, the Carolinas became a proprietary colony with grants given to eight proprietors by King Charles II. After 1691 the province of Albemarle was called North Carolina. North Carolina became a royal colony in 1729. In 1776 the colonial legislature passed the Halifax Resolves, the first official action calling for independence.
1524-Explored by Giovanni da Verrazano for France
1650s-Permanently settled by the English
1789-Admitted to the Union as the 12th state.
Admission fee? (Include URL/link in Long Description to website that gives the current fee): no
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