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The Halifax Resolves

The Halifax Resolves. Concepts and Vocabulary. American Revolution Resolves. Not only did North Carolina produce the Mecklenburg Resolves before the more popular national Declaration of Independence, but our state also produced the Halifax Resolves.

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The Halifax Resolves

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  1. The Halifax Resolves

  2. Concepts and Vocabulary • American Revolution • Resolves

  3. Not only did North Carolina produce the Mecklenburg Resolves before the more popular national Declaration of Independence, but our state also produced the Halifax Resolves.

  4. The first battle of the American Revolution that took place in North Carolina was the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge on February 27, 1776. • Six weeks after the Patriot victory there, a committee of Patriots met in Halifax, NC on April 12, 1776 adopted the Halifax Resolves.

  5. The resolves (formal statements of purpose) called for independence from Britain. • The Resolves not only recommended that North Carolina declare independence, but urged all of the colonies to do so as well.

  6. Virginia followed with its own recommendations soon after the adoption of the Halifax Resolution, and eventually the final draft of the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776. • William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, and John Penn were the delegates from North Carolina who signed the Declaration of Independence.

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