{"slug": "north-carolina-general-assembly", "label": "North Carolina General Assembly", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_General_Assembly", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10566263", "qid": "Q10566263", "description": "legislature of North Carolina", "entries": 14, "years": 14, "span": [1731, 1855], "span_label": ["1731 CE", "1855 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "royal-colony-of-north-carolina", "label": "Royal Colony of North Carolina", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "north-carolina", "label": "North Carolina", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "benjamin-franklin", "label": "Benjamin Franklin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-xvi", "label": "Louis XVI", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "george-iii", "label": "George III", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "raleigh-north-carolina", "label": "Raleigh, North Carolina", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-bern-north-carolina", "label": "New Bern, North Carolina", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1731, "year_label": "1731 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Royal Colony of North Carolina Governor George Burrington asks the North Carolina General Assembly to pass an act establishing a town on the Cape Fear River, in what is seen as a political move to shift the power away from the powerful Cape Fear plantation class. The town is laid out in 1733, and incorporated as Wilmington in 1740.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560841#Date_unknown", "title": "1731", "revid": 1369560841, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1740, "year_label": "1740 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 20", "text": "February 20 – The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the town of Newton as Wilmington, North Carolina, named for Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington and patron of Royal Governor Gabriel Johnston.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362733434#January–March", "title": "1740", "revid": 1362733434, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1762, "year_label": "1762 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates Kingston, named for King George III, as the county seat of Dobbs County, North Carolina. The name is later shortened to Kinston in 1784.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806393#Date_unknown", "title": "1762", "revid": 1340806393, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1771, "year_label": "1771 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 12", "text": "March 12 – The North Carolina General Assembly establishes Wake County (named for Margaret Wake, the wife of North Carolina Royal Governor William Tryon) from portions of Cumberland, Johnston and Orange counties. Bloomsberry (later known as Wake Courthouse) is made the informal county seat.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363214109#January–_March", "title": "1771", "revid": 1363214109, "section": "Events › January– March"}}, {"year": 1774, "year_label": "1774 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "To avoid severe flooding, Martinsborough, North Carolina is moved to higher ground 3 mi km west. The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates Martinsborough as the new seat of Pitt County, 3 years after its founding.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560805#Date_unknown", "title": "1774", "revid": 1369560805, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1779, "year_label": "1779 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 29", "text": "January 29 – After a second petition for partition from its residents, the North Carolina General Assembly abolishes Bute County, North Carolina (established 1764) by dividing it and naming the northern portion Warren County (for Revolutionary War hero Joseph Warren), the southern portion Franklin County (for Benjamin Franklin). The General Assembly also establishes Warrenton (also named for Joseph Warren) to be the seat of Warren County, and Louisburg (named for Louis XVI of France) to be the seat of Franklin County.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370567590#January–March", "title": "1779", "revid": 1370567590, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1782, "year_label": "1782 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates Washington, North Carolina.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370562345#Date_unknown", "title": "1782", "revid": 1370562345, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1784, "year_label": "1784 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the town of Morgansborough, named for Daniel Morgan. The town is designated as the county seat for Burke County, North Carolina and is subsequently renamed Morgan, later shortened to Morganton.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370567291#Date_unknown", "title": "1784", "revid": 1370567291, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1786, "year_label": "1786 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The town of Martinsborough, North Carolina, named for Royal Governor Josiah Martin in 1771, is renamed \"Greenesville\" in honor of United States General Nathanael Greene by the North Carolina General Assembly (the name \"Greenesville\" is later shortened, to become Greenville).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370552329#Date_unknown", "title": "1786", "revid": 1370552329, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1787, "year_label": "1787 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates Waynesborough, and designates it the seat for Wayne County, North Carolina. The town becomes extinct after 1865.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370561702#Date_unknown", "title": "1787", "revid": 1370561702, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1847, "year_label": "1847 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the railroad town of Goldsborough, and the Wayne county seat is moved to the new town.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362575777#Date_unknown", "title": "1847", "revid": 1362575777, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1849, "year_label": "1849 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January 27", "text": "January 27 – The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the North Carolina Railroad, to complete a rail line from Goldsboro through Raleigh, and Salisbury to Charlotte.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362576929#January–March", "title": "1849", "revid": 1362576929, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1854, "year_label": "1854 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January 20", "text": "January 20 – The North Carolina General Assembly in the United States charters the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, to run from Goldsboro through New Bern, to the newly created seaport of Morehead City, near Beaufort.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362496011#January–March", "title": "1854", "revid": 1362496011, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1855, "year_label": "1855 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "February 15", "text": "February 15 – The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the Western North Carolina Railroad, to build a rail line from Salisbury to the western part of the state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358982600#January–March", "title": "1855", "revid": 1358982600, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}