Independance

=**//__Mecklenburg and Halifax Resolves__//**= ==**//The British attempted to invade the province convinced many North Carolinians that their conflict could not be settled peacefully. 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 discussed for years. Also it is considered the second date on the state flag. The revolves authorized the delegates in Philadelphia to join other colonies in seeking independence.//**== =**//__Declaration of Independence__//**= ==**//Thomas Jefferson wrote the Decleration of Independence between June 11 and June 28, 1776. In July 1776, William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, and John Penn were the three North Carolinians who signed the Declaration of Independence. The approved Decleration was printed July 5th and was printed with copies. On July 19th, Congress ordered that the Decleration be engrossed on parchment with a new title "the unanimious decleration of the thirteen united states of america."//**== media type="custom" key="7506541"