1835+Constitution

__**//Kit Carson//**__
 * __//Constitutional Convention of 1835//__**
 * //In 1835, state voters went to the polls to decide whether to hold a constitutional convention that would address problems. Almost to one voter the west said yes, and the east said no. The best leader from both the east and west can to Raleigh in 1835 to amend the 1776 constitution. They honered Nathaniel Macon as chairman, however, the real leaders of the constitutional convention were westerner, David Swain and easterner, William Gaston. After a long debate, delegates compromised that each county would still have atleast one representative in the house. The east was happy with this, since the east contained most of the expensive land and majority slaves. Because the writer of 1776 constitution never considered that free black men can vote, such men of color had been able to go to the polls. With the new 1836 election, North Carolina was governed in a new way.//**
 * //In many was North Carolina was a gateway to the exploration of the great American West. Kit Carson, the third famous exploror, had a North Carolina connection. Although tradition says Carson was born in Kentucky and raised in Missouri, the Carson family has always claimed that he was a North Carolina Native. Carson was orphaned as a child and put to work as a saddle maker. He ran away at age fifteen and became a cook and errand boyon the Santa Fe Trail, thr route taken by Americans to get to the Rocky Mountains. Carson soon became a famous hunter and trapper. In a career that often attractes bad behavior, Carson was known to be fair and gentle. He was married twice.//**