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Welcome to North Carolina
NORTH CAROLINA AllMovingQuotes.com offers an extensive network of professional moving companies in North Carolina. Our unique moving network covers major cities like Raleigh, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, High Point, Greensboro, Durham, Fayetteville, Rocky Mount, Wilmington, Asheville, Chapel Hill, Concord, Elizabeth City, Kinston and every other city or small town throughout the state.
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Here is a brief introduction to the state of North Carolina.
Capital City: Raleigh Population over 8.4 million residents
State’s Flag: The state flag, adopted in 1885, shows two dates. On May 20, 1775, Mecklenburg County declared independence from Britain. On April 12, 1776, North Carolina voted for independence from Britain at the Constitutional Congress. Guarded by shoals to the east and mountains to the west, North Carolina was not easy to colonize. Roanoke Island hosted the first and second English settlements in the New World, but the latter disappeared three years after its founding. As a result, North Carolina became one of the few states on the Eastern seaboard that was settled by inland routes. Today it has the highest manufacturing output in the South and is known for its textiles, tobacco, and furniture. In 1524 Giovanni da Verrazano explores coastal region. In the summer of 1584, Capt. Arthur Barlowe returned from a voyage to the New World to report to his patron, Sir Walter Raleigh, that he had found a land ranking among “the most plentiful, fruitful and wholesome of all the world.” Raleigh named the region “Virginia,” after the virgin queen, but the land would eventually have its own identity as North Carolina. It took quite some time for Barlowe’s paradise to live up to its promise of plenty, but its beauty has always been evident. The climate vaults from subtropical to sub arctic, embracing snowy egrets and black bears, palm trees and spruces, azaleas and the voracious Venus’s-flytrap-found only in the wet coastal plains of North and South Carolina. The state is bounded by two southern Appalachian ranges-the Blue Ridge and the Great Smoky mountains-that are home to the highest peaks east of the Mississippi. As they slope to the east, the mountains dissolve into a broad piedmont of rolling hills, nurtured by large lakes and meandering rivers that wind past the state’s industrial core and its six largest cities. They then plunge into a shower of dramatic waterfalls over the Fall Line and flow gently into the waters of Pamlico and Albemarle sounds. The 320mile coast is part of the coastal plain, which reaches inland to encompass forested dunes, swamps, and tobacco farms. Standing guard on the horizon are the Outer Banks, an ever-shifting line of sandy barrier islands. In c.1650 Settlers come to Albemarle area from Virginia. In 1712 Separate governors are appointed for North and South Carolina. In 1713 Settlers defeat Tuscarora tribe. In 1729 North Carolina comes under royal jurisdiction. In 1776 North Carolina is first colony to resolve to vote for independence at the Continental Congress. In 1789 North Carolina joins the Union as 12th state. In 1861 North Carolina secedes from the Union. In 1868 North Carolina is readmitted to the Union. In 1903 The Wright brothers successfully fly a powered airplane at Kitty Hawk. In 1945 Fontana Dam, largest in the Tennessee Valley Authority, begins operation. In 1960 four black students remain seated at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, leading to statewide sit-ins. In 1978 Tobacco sales in state surpass $ 1 million for the first time. In 1996 Hurricane Fran kills 31 people and causes billions of dollars in dam-age to coast. In 1999 Hurricane Floyd hits North Carolina, bringing with it flood waters that devastate many areas in the eastern part of the state.
Service industries: Automobile dealerships, real estate, banking. Manufacturing: Tobacco products, chemicals, textiles, machinery. Agriculture: Broiler chickens, hogs, turkeys, tobacco, corn, soybeans.
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