Independent

Mecklenburg and Halifax Resolves

The resolves stated that, because of the British agression , "the kings commissions were "null and viod". Local leaders were directed to elect new leaders themselves. As cheering residents realized, this amounted to Meckelburg being "free and independent" of British authority. Later, Mecklenburg residents counted thier "years of liberty" from 1775 and what came to be called the Meckelenburg Declaration of Independence. The date it was said to be signed was on May 20, 1775 and was later included on North Carolinas flag.

The declaration of Independence

On April 12, 1776 the provincial Congress passed the Halifax Resolves, and which then put forth the feelings about liberty and freedom that North Carolinians had been dicussing for years. The second date on the state flag. Nroth Carolina then became the 13th colony to endorse the independence movement. Later on July 1776 William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, and John Penn were the three North Carolinains who signed the Declaration of Indpendence. Within months of the great document was read publicity in front of every courthouse in NC.

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