Independence

__Mecklenburg and Halifax Resolves__
The Mecklenburg resolve is known as when the committee of Mecklenburg announced a series of statements that stated that because of British aggression the kings commisions were null and void. Local leaders were directed to elect new leaders themselves, and this lead to residents becoming free and independent of the British Authority. Later on they counted their years of liberty from 1775 and what came to be called the Mecklenburg Decleration of Independence this date was said to have been signed on May 20, 1775. On April 12, 1776 the Provincial Congress passed the Halifax Resolves which put together all the feelings about liberty and freedom that North Carolinians had been discussing for years. The Resolve authorized the delegates in Philadelphia to join other colonies in seeking independence.



__The Decl**a**ration of Independence:__
The Decleration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776 it is the nations most cherished symbol of liberty and Thomas Jefferson's most enduring monument. In the Declaration Jefferson talked about the convictions in the minds and hearts of the Americans. What Jefferson did was to summarize liberty in self evident truths and set forth a list of grievances against the king in order to justify before the world the breaking of ties between the colonies and the mother country.

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