chapter 11._
ALSO IN: _J. W. Moore, History of North Carolina, volume 1, chapter 10._
_D. L. Swain, British Invasion of North Carolina in 1776 (Revised History of North Carolina)._
See, also, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A: D. 1776 (JUNE).
NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1776. Annexation of the Watauga settlements (Tennessee).
See TENNESSEE: A. D. 1776-1784.
NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1776-1780. Independence declared. Adoption of State Constitution. The war in the North. British conquest of Georgia.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1776, to 1780.
NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1780-1783. The war in the South. Greene's campaign. King's Mountain. The Cowpens. Guilford Court House. Hobkirk's Hill. Eutaw Springs. Yorktown. Peace.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1780, to 1783.
NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1784. Revolt of the Tennessee settlements against their cession to Congress.
See TENNESSEE: A. D. 1776-1784.
NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1785-1788. The state of Franklin organized by the Tennessee settlers. Its brief and troubled history.
See TENNESSEE: A. D. 1785; and 1785-1796.
NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1786. Importation of Negroes discouraged.
See SLAVERY, NEGRO: A. D. 1776-1808.
NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1787~1789. Formation and adoption of the Federal Constitution.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1787; and 1787-1789.
NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1790. Renewed cession of western Territory (Tennessee) to the United States.
See TENNESSEE: A. D. 1785-1796; also, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1781-1786.
NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1861 (January-May). The difficult dragging of the state into Secession.
"A large majority of the people of North Carolina were opposed to secession. They did not regard it as a constitutional right. They were equally opposed to a separation from the Union in resentment of the election of Mr. Lincoln. But the Governor, John W. Ellis, was in full sympathy with the secessionists. He spared no pains to bring the state into line with South Carolina [which had passed her ordinance of Secession December 20, 1860.]
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1860 (NOVEMBER-DECEMBER).
The legislature met on the 20th of November. The governor, in his message, recommended that the legislature should invite a conference with the Southern States, or send delegates to them for the purpose of securing their co-operation. He also recommended the reorganization of the militia, and the call of a state convention. Bills were introduced for the purpose of carrying these measures into effect. … On the 30th of January, a bill for calling a state convention was passed. It provided that no secession ordinance, nor one connecting the state with the Southern Confederacy, would be valid until it should be ratified by a majority of the qualified voters of the state. The vote of the people was appointed to take place on the 28th of February. The delegates were elected on the day named. A large majority of them were Unionists. But, at the same time, the convention itself was voted down. The vote for a convention was 46,671; against a convention, 47,333. The majority against it was 662. This majority against a convention, however, was no criterion of popular sentiment in regard to secession. The true test was the votes received, respectively, by the Union and secession delegates. The former received a majority of nearly 30,000. But the indefatigable governor was not to be balked by the popular dislike for secession. The legislature was called together in extra session on May 1. On the same day they voted to have another election for delegates to a state convention on the 13th of the month. The election took place accordingly, and the delegates convened on the 20th. On the following day the secession ordinance was adopted, and the Confederate Constitution ratified. To save time, and avoid further obstructions, the question of popular approval was taken for granted."
_S. S. Cox, Three Decades of Federal Legislation, pages 119-120._
ALSO IN: _J. W. Moore, History of North Carolina, volume 2, chapter 5._
See, also, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1861 (MARCH-APRIL).
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NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1861 (April). Governor Ellis' reply to President Lincoln's call for troops.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1861 (APRIL) PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S CALL TO ARMS.
NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1861 (August). Hatteras Inlet taken by the Union forces.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1861 (AUGUST: NORTH CAROLINA).
NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1862 (January-April). Capture of Roanoke Island, Newbern and Beaufort by the Union forces.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1862 (JANUARY-APRIL: NORTH CAROLINA).
NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1862 (May). Appointment of a Military Governor.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D.1862 (MARCH-JUNE).
NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1864 (April-May). Exploits of the ram Albemarle. Confederate capture of Plymouth.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1864 (APRIL-MAY: NORTH CAROLINA).
NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1864 (October). Destruction of the ram Albemarle.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1864 (OCTOBER: NORTH CAROLINA).
NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1864-1865 (December-January). The capture of Fort Fisher.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1864-1865 (DECEMBER-JANUARY:
NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1865 (February-March). Sherman's March. The Battle of Bentonsville.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1865 (FEBRUARY-MARCH: THE CAROLINAS).
NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1865 (February-March). Federal occupation of Wilmington. Battle of Kinston.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1865 (FEBRUARY-MARCH: NORTH CAROLINA).
NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1865 (May). Provisional government under President Johnson's Plan of Reconstruction.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1865 (MAY-JULY).
NORTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1865-1868. Reconstruction.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1865 (MAY-JULY), and after, to 1868-1870.
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NORTH DAKOTA: Admission to the Union (1889).
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1889-1890.
NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERATION.
See GERMANY: A. D. 1866.
NORTH RIVER, The.
See SOUTH RIVER.
NORTHAMPTON, Battle of.
One of the battles in the English civil wars of the 15th century called the Wars of the Roses, fought July 10, 1460. The royalist party (Lancastrians) were signally defeated, King Henry VI. taken prisoner, and Queen Margaret driven in flight to the north.
See ENGLAND: A. D. 1455-1471.
NORTHAMPTON, Peace of.
See SCOTLAND: A. D. 1328.
NORTHBROOK, LORD, The Indian administration of.
See INDIA: A. D. 1862-1876.
NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY QUESTION, Settlement of the.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1842.
NORTHERN CIRCARS, OR SIRKARS.
See INDIA: A. D. 1758-1761.
NORTHERN MARITIME LEAGUE, The.
See FRANCE: A. D. 1801-1802.
NORTHMEN.
See NORMANS.
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NORTHUMBRIA, Kingdom of.
The northernmost of the kingdoms formed by the Angles in Britain in the 6th century. It embraced the two kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira, sometimes ruled by separate princes, sometimes united, as Northumbria, under one, and extending from the Humber to the Forth.
See ENGLAND: IA. D. 547-633.
NORTHUMBRIA: 10-11th Centuries. Lothian joined to Scotland.
See SCOTLAND: 10-11th CENTURIES.
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NORTHWEST FUR COMPANY.
See CANADA: A. D. 1869-1873.
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES OF CANADA.
"The North West Territories comprise all lands [of the Dominion of Canada] not within the limits of any province or of the District of Keewatin. The area of the Territories is about 3,000,000 square miles or four times as great as the area of all the provinces together. The Territories were ceded to Canada by an Order in Council dated the 24th June 1870. …
See CANADA: A. D. 1869-1873.
The southern portion of the territories between Manitoba and British Columbia has been formed into four provisional districts, viz. Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Athabasca. By the Dominion Act 38 Vie. c. 49 executive and legislative powers were conferred on a Lieutenant-Governor and a Council of five members subject to instructions given by Order in Council or by the Canadian Secretary of State."
_J. E. C. Munro, The Constitution of Canada,