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Lieutenant-General William Tryon (8 June 1729 – 27 January 1788) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as governor of North Carolina from 1764 to 1771 and the governor of New York from 1771 to 1777.
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Dwight William Tryon (August 13, 1849 – July 1, 1925) was an...
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Learn about the life and career of William Tryon, the British governor of North Carolina who faced colonial resistance and rebellion. Find out how he became governor, how he dealt with the Stamp Act and the Regulators, and how he ended up in New York.
William Tryon was an important British figure in the buildup to the Revolutionary War. He served as the Royal Governor of two British colonies, North Carolina and New York, as both of these colonies hurdled towards rebellion in the 1770s.
Learn about William Tryon, a British governor of North Carolina and New York during the Revolutionary War. Find out his role in the Regulator War, the Battle of Ridgefield, and his death in London.
In 1767 William Tryon, governor of the North Carolina Colony from 1765 to 1771, traveled to the area and negotiated a peace treaty with the Cherokee. They established a boundary line between a location near Greenville, South Carolina, and the highest point on White Oak Mountain (renamed Tryon Peak by the settlers).
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