Tryon Palace in New Bern was the first state capital in North Carolina. It was built in 1767-70 as the home of North Carolina’s royal governor. In 1792, the capital was moved inland from New Bern to Raleigh.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was the first public university in the United States to open its doors and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century. The University was chartered by the General Assembly of North Carolina in 1789, the year George Washington became president of the new nation.
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