By Felipe Argote
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SIR WALTER RALEIGH |
Sir Walter Raleigh lived a hectic life. Since its birth in Devonshire, a town in England in 1952 his life was marked by a time of discovery, colonization, titles and treachery.
At the age of 32 he founded the colony of Virginia, north of the Florida colony founded by the English. It is claimed that it was he who brought the first plants to snuff in this U.S. state that produces one of the three most popular varieties in the world's virginity, the others being the havanensis and brasiliensis.
was governor of Jersey, a small island located in the Channel, closer to France than England, yet even today still under the dominion of Great Britain. It was an expedition of those who sought and never found El Dorado, South America's supposed place where lots of gold and stones. To this end we embarked up the Orinoco River and other of course returned with empty hands.
was but he was also parliamentary filibuster. Participated in the war against Spain which was part of the sack of Cadiz. He was a writer and historian. Described in detail all the atrocities of which he himself was a participant in the occupation and looting Cadiz and wrote a book called The History of the World. Amid the infighting of the English crown where it is not excluded a relationship with Queen Elizabeth and after coming to the throne of James I, Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned for twelve years. On leaving prison he went to South America in search of El Dorado. " Guyana was taken there and claimed it for England, but was arrested again, this time for a negotiation of the English with the English in Raleigh where he was the victim. He was taken to England where he was tortured and finally beheaded at the age of 66. Had a long life at that time.
But of all the places where he glory for England, is in North Carolina, a place where he founded the colony of Roanoke, where the greatest tribute he pays to put your name to the state capital. They were placed under the direction of Sir Walter Raleigh's first English settlers in the area.
Despite being the political capital of the state of North Carolina is Charlotte its neighbor to the east the most populous and economically stronger. Raleigh is a place full of oak trees with low population density and high per capita gross domestic product, where the vast green spaces provide refuge for large numbers of deer that are hunted in season hunting.
The city has a population of 400.000 inhabitants and was founded in 1792 as planned when they chose a place to locate the new state capital. The reason is that its location was near a traveling Tavern run by one Isaac Hunter. It was a very popular among the representatives of the time. In the year 1800 when it developed the first census ever recorded 700 people living alone.
currently coexist in Raleigh around 400.000 inhabitants, 63% are Caucasian, 27% 7% African American and Latino. Have per capita annual income of $ 25.000. Only 11% of the population lives below the poverty line
Andrew Johnson, President of the United States between 1865 and 1869, famous for being the vice president and successor to Abraham Lincoln after his assassination, was born in Raleigh in 1808. He was the only Democrat not aligned with southern secessionists during the Civil War and this earned him the vice presidency by Lincoln in a political movement. Remember that in those times, the opposite of now, the Democrats were the conservatives who defended slavery and Republicans abolitionists were instead more related to industry, who were strong in the north.
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