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

Chapter Contents

• The Regulators: Introduction
• Beginnings of the American Revolution: Resistance and Revolution
• War and Independence
• American Indian People in North Carolina's Revolution
• The War in the South
• A New National Government