Record #:

23604

Author(s):

McShane, Chuck

Abstract:

Part 2 of the Story of Charlotte series, \"A Fighting, Trifling Place,\" describes the events in Mecklenburg County from 1770 through the early 1790s. Ideology from Orange and Rowan counties' Regulator Movement causes some riots, but county elites capitalize on the insurrection to reduce colonial taxes and establish Queen's College. Revolutionary thought contributes to the alleged signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration in 1775, while encounters with British troops come in 1780.

Source:

Charlotte Magazine (NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 19 Issue 6, June 2014, p41-47, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Regulator Insurrection, 1766-1771