In 1770, Tryon moved into the completed mansion. ... Although he accomplished some notable improvements in the colony, such as the creation of a postal service in 1769, Tryon is most noted for suppressing the Regulator Movement in western North Carolina during the period from 1768 to 1771.
any North Carolinians resisted the implementation of the Stamp Act. Therefore, William Tryon, the royal governor, worked cunningly to enforce the law. For one, he refused to allow the North Carolina Assembly to convene. (He had earlier prevented any delegates from attending the Stamp Act Congress in Philadelphia; there were only three colonies without representation at the congress: Virginia, Georgia, and North Carolina.) He also called fifty leading North Carolinians to Tryon Palace and tried unsuccessfully to convince them to stop resisting the Stamp Act. Even though the tax seemed to slow the rapidly growing American economy, he promised the leading planters and merchants profit, for he assured them that he would write a letter to the Crown requesting special trade privileges for North Carolina. He also promised to reimburse each one for stamps on documents that he issued. Despite Tryon’s shrewd attempt, the North Carolina leaders rejected his offer and refused to submit to what they considered to be an unconstitutional Stamp Act
The Kitchen Cabinet was a term used by political opponents of U.S. President Andrew Jackson to describe the collection of unofficial advisors. The kitchen cabinet reached its peak following his purge of the cabinet at the end of the Eaton Affair and his break with Vice President John Calhoun in 1831.
The constant competition between the US and the USSR often made other nations into opportunities for one side to gain an advantage over the other. The Cold War also spread the worldwide fear of nuclear war, which heavily influenced international diplomacy and affairs. ...
