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    North Carolina was one of the original 13 Colonies, and was originally known as Carolina.  The colonists came to American to escape religious persecution and discrimination by the King of England.  The state was also the home of the Roanoke colony, the first attempt by the English to establish a colony or settlement in America.
    On May 20, 1861, North Carolina was the last of the Confederate (southern) states to secede from the Union (northern states). It was readmitted on July 4, 1868.
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    Moebkr  

    answered 1 year ago

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