Episode 3 of 4
Tax increases and rising resentment
- When
- 1767 onward
- Where
- Colony of North Carolina
- Part of
- Construction of Tryon Palace
Tryon convinced the legislature to raise taxes to pay for the palace; the unpopular taxes fed resentment and helped cause the War of the Regulation.
Tryon eventually persuaded the legislature to increase taxes to help pay for the project. The unpopularity of the new taxes spawned the derogatory nickname "Tryon Palace," and taxation imposed to pay for the palace at New Bern was one partial cause, alongside tax abuse by western officials, of the War of the Regulation, the western uprising Tryon suppressed from 1768 to 1771.
Sources
- William Tryon Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-09
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