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In 1789 North Carolina became the 12th state to be admitted to the Union, the second to last of the original 13 colonies (the last being Rhode Island). Because the Constitution required the ratification of only 11 of the thirteen colonies to take effect, North Carolina was in effect the first to join the Republic after the formal creation of our current system of government.

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