Halifax+Resolves

====**The British attemp to invade the province convinced many North Carolinians that their conflict couldn't be settled peacefully. William Hooper, a delegate to the Continental Congress, wrote home that " it wouldl be Toryism to hint [at] the possibility of future reconciliation." In April 1776, the Provincial Congress decided that the whole province should follow the example of Mecklenburg County. "Independence seems to be the word," Robert Howe told friends back in Brunswick. April 12, 1776, Provincial Congress passed the Halifax Resolves, which put together all the feelings about freedom and liberty that North Carolinians had been discussing about for years. The Resolves authorized the delegates in Philadelphia to join other colonies in seeking independence. North Carolina first of the 13 colonies to endorse the independence movements. Later, in July 1776, William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, and John Penn were the 3 North Carolinaians who signed the Declaration of Independence. **==== ==== ====