with several cannons and set off to attack Hyde's fortified plantation. On June 30, Cary's attack was repulsed after the mast of the brigantine was shot and his men fled. Cary regrouped and fortified a small island in the Pamlico Sound and began to rearm his followers. They then sailed to mainland Carolina and met Hyde's force face to face. A fierce battle broke out. Little is known about the battle. Quakers themselves are generally pacifists so it is unlikely that many Quakers took part in the violence themselves but rather that Cary's force was made up of Bath County men and non-Quaker dissenters. Governor Alexander Spottswood of Virginia had decided to come to the aid of Hyde and began organizing a militia and dispatched a contingent of Royal Marines who had been stationed on the Chesapeake in mid-July. With the arrival of an organized military force, who represented the official power of the crown, Cary's forces disbanded and Cary himself fled. He was arrested and sent to England for trial though he was released after a year and returned to live out his life in Bath without further incident. Aftermath During the period from 1708–1711, the disputed government severely weakened the position of the colonists in North Carolina. The Tuscarora War began in September 1711 and the chaos and dissension that the Cary Rebellion had wrought impeded the colonial response, though a drought and yellow fever epidemic also played a role. The Cary rebellion also represented the end of the role of Quakers in North Carolina governance. After the rebellion they were effectively excluded from politics. References Citations Bibliography McIlvenna, Noeleen. "A Very Mutinous People: The Struggle for North Carolina, 1660-1713" 1711 in North Carolina Conflicts in 1711 18th-century rebellions Military history of the Thirteen Colonies Pre-statehood history of North Carolina Rebellions in the United States