independence

=__//**Mecklenburg and Halifax Resolves**//__=

The Meclenburg people declared themselves free of British authority.The other in april 12,1776 when state legislature voted to support the growing national for independence.The Macklenburg Declaration of Independence as it has been called -is another matter.Scince the early 1800's ,many Americans and some North Carolinians have doubted it ever happened.And,several land deeds recorded ni the courthouse after the American Rvolution were dated "such and such year fo our liberty",with math pointing back to 17775,not 1776.By early 1776,North Carolinians were fighting among themselves about the war against the British.Governer Martin ahd fled to ship off the Cape Fear Coast.Colonel Moore chased Highlanders ,seizing their arms and money .the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge was as celebrated an Amrican victory in the southern colonies as the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill had been in Boston. The British Attempt to invade the province convinced many North Carolinians that their conflict could not be settled peacefully.On April12,1776,the Provincial Congress passed the Halifax Resolves,which put together all the fellings about liberty and freedom that North Carolinians had been discussing for years.The Resolves authorized in Philadelphia to join other colonies in seeking independece movement.Later,in July 1776 ,William Hooper,Joe Hewes,and John Penn were the three Norht Carolinians,the great document was read publicly in front of every courthouse in North Carolina. media type="youtube" key="gJlQE954bkc?fs=1" height="385" width="480"