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Revolution Timeline from the Stamp Act to the British Fleet Leaving the Cape Fear
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3/02/1765
Stamp Act passed by Parliament
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7/10/1765
William Tryon - Appointed Royal Governor
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10/19/1765
First Wilmington Stamp Act Protest Demonstration
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10/31/1765
Second Wilmington Stamp Act Protest Demonstration
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11/28/1765
The Stamps Arrive in the lower Cape Fear
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2/19/1766
Angry and armed Sons of Liberty march on Brunswick Town and threatened the serisure of Fort Johnston
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2/21/1766
Brunswick Customs officials pledge to never issue stamped papers
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3/18/1766
Stamp Act Repealed and the Declaratory Act was passed
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5/16/1771
Battle of Alamance
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8/12/1771
Josiah Martin - Appointed Royal Governor
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1774
Fort Johnston seen as bastion of tryanny
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11/8/1774
British passed what colonists called the Intolerable Acts
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1/01/774
Cape Fear Mercury prints inflamatory articles
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5/5/1774
Governor Martin Writes on the Necessity of maintaining Ft Johnston
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8/25/1774
The First Provincial Congress of NC Convenes at New Bern
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8/27/1774
The first Provincial Congress of NC Enacts a Declaration of Rights
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9/5/1774
1st Continental Congress meets
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1/4/1775
Wilmington Committee of Safety Formed
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4/19/1775
Battles of Lexington and Concord
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5/10/1775
2nd Continental Congress Meets
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5/18/1775
News of Lexington and Concord arrives in NC
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5/20/1775
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
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5/31/1775
Mecklenburg Resolves (radical set of resolutions, denying the authority of Parliament over the colonies)
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5/31/1775
Governor Martin leaves New Bern
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6/2/1775
Gov. Martin arrives at Ft. Johnston
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6/14/1775
2nd Continental Congress form the Continental Army
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6/16/1775
Battle of Bunker Hill
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6/16/1775
Gov. Martin's proclamation re "counteracting and opposing all Promoters of Sedition, and Disturbers of the Peace and tranquility of this Colony"
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6/19/1775
Wilmington Safety Committee responds to Gov. Martin's 16 June Proclamation ("calculated to throw this Country into confusion, and by dividing to enslave it.")
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7/15/1775
Wilmington Safety Committee calls for reinforcements to join Col. Moore on his way to Fort Johnston
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7/16/1775
Gov. Martin moves to HMS Cruzier
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7/19/1775
Minutemen burn Ft. Johnston
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7/21/1775
Wilmington Safety Committee reports on the events at Ft. Johnston and thanks Officers and soldiers for their actions.
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9/07/1775
The NC Provincial Congress ordered that two regimets of 500 men be raised in New Hanover County and one regiment in Brunswick Co.
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11/07/1775
Lord Dartmouth told Governor Martin that Martin’s plan to raise a loyalist army was approved and it should now be executed
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1/5/1776
The Wilmington Committee of Safety ordered that all river pilots be taken into protective custody
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2/27/1776
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
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4/12/1776
Halifax Resolves (calling for independence from Great Britain)
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May/1776
Britsh ships & Gov Martin go to Charleston
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6/28/1776
General Charles Lee and forces repel British attack on Charleston
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7/4/1776
Declaration of Independence
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