North Carolina Before the Revolution Was a Tinderbox Ready to Ignite
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Understanding North Carolina before 1776 helps explain the crucial but often overlooked role it played in America’s break with Britain.
By the time of the Revolution, the colony had accumulated a volatile mix of political resentment, economic hardship, frontier independence, religious dissent, and frustration with government abuse and inadequate representation in its own colonial assembly. North Carolinians had spent years learning to question authority—and, when they believed their liberties
By the time of the Revolution, the colony had accumulated a volatile mix of political resentment, economic hardship, frontier independence, religious dissent, and frustration with government abuse and inadequate representation in its own colonial assembly. North Carolinians had spent years learning to question authority—and, when they believed their liberties
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