North Carolina:

For more than 200 years, since the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1788, the government, courts, and people of the United States have been shaped by the words in the document. To understand how the United States came together as a nation, students must first acquaint themselves with the ori...

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1. Verfasser: Doherty, Craig A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Facts On File 2005
Schriftenreihe:The thirteen colonies
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Zusammenfassung:For more than 200 years, since the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1788, the government, courts, and people of the United States have been shaped by the words in the document. To understand how the United States came together as a nation, students must first acquaint themselves with the original 13 colonies, and how each of the original colonial followed its own path to the ratification of the Constitution. Covers the history of the colony's growth from the time early European explorers journeyed to the New World until the time the colony ratified the U.S. Constitution in 1789. North Carolina describes life in the early colony, including the many conflicts with Native Americans, disease, the presence of pirates, the use of timber and tar in shipbuilding (which contributed to the state's nickname ("The Tar Heel State"), and the history of slavery in the colony. It examines the early explorers, the growth of European nation-states, and the American Indian civilizations that existed before the Europeans arrived, as well as the first settlements in North Carolina from the first English colonies in Virginia to the creation of North Carolina. The book ends with coverage of the battles and events of the Revolutionary War, such as the Battle of Lexington and Concord, as well as North Carolina's pivotal role in forming the federal constitution (after demanding a Bill of Rights) and its place as the twelfth state to ratify it. Sidebars include: The Bill of Rights The governor's palace Granville Tract New Bern North Carolina's first town Tar Heels Women pirates The Yamasee War. Includes black-and-white photographs, sidebars/box features, maps and graphs, a timeline, a list of historical sites, a bibliography, and an index.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xi, 116 p. Ill., Kt. 24 cm
ISBN:0816054126

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