<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina" id="mwRQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> ratifies the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution" id="mwRg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Constitution">United States Constitution</a> and is admitted as the 12th <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state" id="mwRw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a>.<sup about="#mwt28" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-3"}}' id="cite_ref-3" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_21#cite_note-3" id="mwSA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwSQ">[3]</span></a></sup>
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