Halifax Resolves

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The Halifax Resolves were a 1776 resolution by North Carolina’s Fourth Provincial Congress authorizing its delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for independence from Great Britain, making it the first official colonial call for total independence.

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Halifax Resolves canonical 6

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instanceOf American Revolutionary War document ⓘ
political resolution ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Province of North Carolina ⓘ
archivesAt North Carolina State Archives ⓘ
author Fourth Provincial Congress of North Carolina ⓘ
commemoratedOn Halifax Day ⓘ
commemorationDate April 12 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateAdopted 1776-04-12 ⓘ
describedBySource North Carolina colonial records ⓘ
describedIn North Carolina history textbooks ⓘ
followedBy Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (disputed chronology in popular memory) ⓘ
genre political declaration ⓘ
hasAnniversary Halifax Day ⓘ
hasEffect instructed North Carolina’s Continental Congress delegates to support independence ⓘ
signaled unified support for independence within North Carolina’s revolutionary government ⓘ
hasType instruction to delegates ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Revolution ⓘ
historicalRegion Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
inception 1776-04-12 ⓘ
influenced other colonial calls for independence ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus colonial legislative instruction ⓘ
legislativeBody Fourth Provincial Congress of North Carolina ⓘ
location Halifax, North Carolina ⓘ
mainSubject American Revolutionary War ⓘ
American independence ⓘ
separation from Great Britain ⓘ
namedAfter Halifax, North Carolina ⓘ
opposedTo British colonial rule ⓘ
continued political dependence on Great Britain ⓘ
participant Fourth Provincial Congress delegates ⓘ
North Carolina delegates to the Continental Congress ⓘ
partOf American independence movement ⓘ
placeOfPublication Halifax, North Carolina ⓘ
politicalAlignment Patriot cause ⓘ
purpose to authorize North Carolina delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for independence ⓘ
significance first official action by an entire colony calling for independence ⓘ
significantEvent first official colonial call for total independence from Great Britain ⓘ
significantPlace Halifax, North Carolina ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
topic British Empire in North America ⓘ
linked to: British America

Continental Congress ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
year 1776 ⓘ

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Halifax, North Carolina → knownFor → Halifax Resolves ⓘ
North Carolina Colony → issuedDocument → Halifax Resolves ⓘ
North Carolina Patriots → contributedTo → Halifax Resolves ⓘ
Halifax Resolves → hasTitle → Halifax Resolves ⓘ