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 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

28542

Author(s):

Chandler, Abby

Abstract:

The article examines the Regulators’ and Governor William Tryon’s use of political language and rituals to support their causes and the growing crisis between Britain and the colonies in the 1760s. The author states that the Regulator movement was ultimately shaped by political interests and consequences beyond the state and influenced the American Revolution. Both the Regulators and Tryon believed that the other group did not follow the laws of the country and that this problem could be settled outside the law.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 93 Issue 3, April 2016, p119-146 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

History--North Carolina; North Carolina--History--Regulator Insurrection, 1766-1771; Alamance Creek, Battle of, N.C., 1771; Tryon, William, 1729-1788