Collection Timeline

1712 to 2026

1712
Read more about Revolutionary loyalist Donald MacDonald

1721
Read more about Revolutionary patriot Griffith Rutherford

1722
Read more about Revolutionary loyalist Flora MacDonald

1723
Read more about Revolutionary patriot Cornelius Harnett, Jr.
John Pyle

1725
Read more about Revolutionary loyalist Martin Howard
Read more about Revolutionary patriot John Ashe

1726
Samuel Bryan

1728
Read more about Revolutionary patriot Penelope Barker

1730
Read more about NC delegate to the Continental Congress, Joseph Hewes
Read more about Revolutionary patriot Matthew Locke

1732
Read more about Revolutionary patriot Robert Howe

1735
Read more about Revolutionary loyalist James Lindley

1737
Read more about Revolutionary patriot James Moore
Read more about Revolutionary patriot leader Andrew Balfour
Read more about Governor Josiah Martin, a loyalist during the Revolutionary War
Read more about Revolutionary loyalist Edmund Fanning

1738
Read more about Revolutionary loyalist Thomas Peters

1743
Read more about Revolutionary patriot Ishmael TItus

1744
Read more about Revolutionary patriot officer Thomas Amis
Read more about Revolutionary patriot Thomas Brown

1745
Read more about Revolutionary patriot Jacob Turner

1746
Read more about Revolutionary patriot Joseph Winston

1749
Read more about Revolutionary loyalist Murphy Steele

1751
Read more about Revolutionary patriot Dempsey Burges
Read more about Revolutionary patriot Martin Black

1753
John Moore

1755
Read more about Revolutionary loyalist David Fanning

1756
Guilford Dudley

1757
Read more about Revolutionary patriot Reading Blount

1763
Read more about events in North Carolina during the American Revolution

1765
Read more about North Carolina's response to the Stamp Act

1770
Read a chapter of the book focusing on the American Revolution

1771
Read a primary source article about the Battle of Alamance
Read more about the Battle of Alamance

1774
Read the primary source newspaper article that was the Edenton Tea Party
Read more about the Edenton Tea Party resolution made by women of the town
Read more about North Carolina's Committees of Safety
Read more about Revolutionary loyalist and Gaelic poet John MacRae

1775
Read more about North Carolina's Committees of Safety
Read more about the view of the Revolutionary War from the perspective of one Loyalist
Read more about the statement from the Loyalists in parts of North Carolina
Read documents of the proceedings of the 1775 Provincial Congresses
Read more about events of the American Revolution in North Carolina
Read more about events of the Revolutionary War in North Carolina

1776
Read more about the Halifax Resolves
Read more about the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge
Read documents of the proceedings of the 1776 Provincial Congresses
Read documents from the United State Continental Congress
Read more about the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge
View a digital copy of the United State Constitution approved by North Carolina in 1789
Read a booklet about signers of the U.S. Constitution from North Carolina
Read the journal of the Provincial Congress held in Halifax in April 1776
Read the journal of the fifth Provincial Congress held in Halifax in November 1776
Read more about the Halifax Resolves
Read more about the political essay titled Creed of a Rioter
Read more about the Black Pioneers Loyalist Company
Read more about Revolutionary loyalist Highland regiment from North Carolina

1777
Read more about Revolutionary patriot James Moore
Read more about Revolutionary patriot Jacob Turner
Read the recruiting instructions to be used for finding soldiers for the Continental Army

1780
Read more about Revolutionary loyalist and Gaelic poet John MacRae
Read more about the Battle of Wahab's Plantation
View a short video discussing an exhibit in Winston-Salem about the Battle of Shallow Ford
Read more about the Battle of McIntyre's Farm
Read more about the Battle of Ramsour's Mill
Read a first-hand account of the Battle of Ramsour's Mill
Read more about the Battle of Charlotte
Read more about the Battle of King's Mountain

1781
Read more about Revolutionary patriot Cornelius Harnett, Jr.
Read more about Revolutionary loyalist Martin Howard
Read more about Revolutionary patriot John Ashe
John Moore
Read more about the Battle of New Garden
Read more about the Battle of LIndley's Mill
Read more about the Battle of Elizabethtown
Read more about the Battle of Cowan's Ford
Read more about the Battle of Wetzell's Mill
Read more about the Battle of Rockfish
Read more about the Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Read more about the Battle of Bruce's Cross Roads
Read more about the Battle of Bettis's Bridge
Read more about the Battle of Clapp's Mill
Read more about the Skirmish at the House in the Horseshoe

1782
Read more about Revolutionary patriot leader Andrew Balfour
Read more about the Battle of Beaufort
Read more about Revolutionary Royal North Carolina Regiment

1789
Read more about events in North Carolina during the American Revolution
View a digital copy of the United State Constitution approved by North Carolina in 1789
Read the letter sent notifying of the North Carolina ratification of the U.S. Constitution

1792
Read more about Revolutionary loyalist Thomas Peters
Read more about Revolutionary loyalist Allan MacDonald

1816
John Hamilton

1909
Read articles from the North Carolina booklet that relate to the American Revolution

1963
Read the chapter about the American Revolution from Highland Scots of North Carolina

1971
Read articles in the September 1971 issue of the Tar Heel Junior Historian about the American Revolution
Read articles in the December 1971 Tar Heel Junior Historian about the American Revolution

1983
View the pamphlet of a historic bicycle tour through Swansboro

1992
Read an article about why the Amerian Revolution happened

2006
Read more about American Revolution in Living History Classroom

2023
View the planning guide for North Carolina's celebration of America 250

2026
A calendar of events in North Carolina realted to America 250
View the report from the Semiquincentennial Committee given on March 16, 2026