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Early Settlements 1585-1662
Proprietary Colony 1663-1729
Lords Proprietors 1663
Inland Explorations 1670
The Lawson Expedition 1700
First North Carolina Town 1706
Lawson's Violent End 1711
Carolina Divides 1712
Economic Beginnings 1715
Royal Colony 1729
Rural Beginnings 1730-1772
Rural Rebellion 1773-1775
Revolutionary War 1776-1781
Nation: America 1782-1819
Antebellum Days 1820-1852
Rural No More 1853-1860
U.S. Civil War 1861-1865
Reconstruction 1866-1878
Industrial South 1879-1913
World War I 1914-1918
Roaring Twenties 1919-1928
Great Depression 1929-1939
Before the Storm 1940-1941
World War II 1941-1945
Modern Era Begins 1946-1959
Turbulent Times 1960-1979
80s Charlotte 1980-1989
90s Charlotte 1990-1999
Time Period >>  Proprietary Colony  1663 - 1729
Historical Event >>  Royal Colony  1729

North Carolina becomes a Royal Colony.