Timeline

North Carolina Provincial Congress Meets

North Carolina's Provincial Congress was one of the first extralegal governing bodies in the colonies, establishing the precedent for the Continental Congress and demonstrating that colonial political infrastructure could function outside British authorization.

Edenton Tea Party — Women's Political Pledge

The Edenton Tea Party was the first recorded organized political action by American women. The signers were not anonymous — their names and a sketch of the gathering appeared in a London newspaper, where it was mocked. The mockery did not stop them.

British Raid the Albemarle Sound Region

British raids on the Albemarle Sound demonstrated that the Revolution's costs were not limited to battlefields — civilian communities throughout the coastal South bore significant losses.