Tryon's+Palace

Tyron's Palace

In [|New Bern, North Carolina], when [|William Tryon] became governor of the royal colony of N.C., he was surprised at how poor and unorganized it was at the time. Seeing this, he decided to make a palace the would make the Taj Mahal seem small. (William had a big ego...) So he got his [|architect], John Hawks, to create a palace to hold his GIANT ego. (And also to create a capitol and prove that England was important. Poor, insecure, England.) In 1764 Hawks started making plans, he finished them in 1765.(Yay for John!) Tryon got 5,000 pounds (8033 dollars and 1 cent in American dollars. Wow.) for his "Tribute to England genius".

 Tryon's Palace at it's peak of history.

In 1798, sadly, burned down. In 1959, it was rebuilt.(YAY FOR TRYON'S PALACE!)

The Battle of Alamance

Some of farmers got angry with the extra taxes, and rebelled. This Started the Battle of Alamance.