Halifax+Resolves

//**Halifax Resolves**// The British attempt to invade the province convinced many North carolinians that their cnflict 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 Caorlinians had been discussing for years. This is the second date on the state flag. The Resolves authorized the delegates in Philadephia to join other colonies in seeking independence. North Carolina became the first of the thirteen colonies to endorse the independence movement. Later, in July 1776, William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, and John Penn were the three North Carolinians wo signed **__The Declaration of Independence__**. Within months, the great documents was read publicly in front of egvery courthouse in North Carolina.