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Revolutionary North Carolina (1763-1790)

The French and Indian War introduced new problems to American colonists. This included the colonial government. In barely a decade, the colonists moved from frustration to protests to civil war. After the war, the new Americans wrote their values into their own form of government.


This chapter of ANCHOR combines primary sources with articles to inform the reader. It includes maps, photographs, and multimedia. These resources tell the many stories of Revolutionary North Carolina (1763-1790). The chapter includes:


  • the Regulator Movement, backcountry farmers protesting unfair taxes, illegal fees, and dishonest officials

  • the responses of North Carolinians and other colonists to Great Britain’s policies

  • the path from protest to war

  • the civil war in the Carolina backcountry

  • the creation of independent governments for North Carolina and the United States


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Watch and Listen

American Indians and the American Revolution

NC Museum of History podcast

"Would you have joined the American Revolution?"

from PBS Digital Studios: Origin of Everything

Artifacts

Postcard image of the Monument to Nathaniel Greene at Guilford Battleground in Greensboro, N.C. The March 1781 battle was one of the most significant fought in N.C. and occurred near the end of the war. Although General Greene's Patriot forces lost, they severely weakened the British forces under Cornwallis, leading to Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown later that year.


Postcard image of the Monument to Nathaniel Greene at Guilford Battleground in Greensboro, N.C.  The March 1781 battle was one of the most significant fought in N.C. and occurred near the end of the war. Although General Greene's Patriot forces lost, they severely weakened the British forces under Cornwallis, leading to Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown later that year.

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