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Revolutionary Times
Battle of Alamance
The Battle of Alamance took place on May 16, 1771 and was the final battle of the Regulator Movement, a rebellion in colonial North Carolina over issues of taxation and local control, considered by some to be the opening salvo of the American Revolution.
Jeremiah O'BrienThe eldest son of Irish immigrants Morris and Mary O'Brien. He was born in Kittery, Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1744. Hisfamily moved to Scarborough, Maine and settled in Machias, Maine in the 1760s to engage in lumbering. Maine had still been apart of Massachusetts at the time.
Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Did you ever wonder who signed the Declaration of Independence and what happened to those brave 56 men? Listed below are the names of those signers and if you click on the names that are hot, it will take you to the Revolutionary Times broadsheet that has their bio and a picture. Add your chapter name at the bottom of the sheet, print them out and use them as handouts at your next meeting or public event.
Generals
Did you ever wonder who were the American Generals during the Revolution?