North Carolina:
was the site of the first English settlement
was the first colony to advocate breaking with England
was first in lives lost in the Civil War
is the first state in textile production
is first in furniture manufacturing
is first in tobacco products
is first in turkey raising
was headquarters for Blackbeard
was the site of the first airplane flight
was home to the nation’s first gold rush (which occurred in 1799)
was the first state to demand that a Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution (which it refused to ratify without said addition)
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