Drafting of the North Carolina Constitution of 1776

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The Drafting of the North Carolina Constitution of 1776 was the process by which revolutionary leaders in North Carolina created the state's first governing charter, establishing a framework for independent self-government after breaking from British rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional drafting process
event in the American Revolution
appliesToJurisdiction North Carolina
surface form: State of North Carolina
chronologicallyFollows adoption of the Halifax Resolves
chronologicallyPrecedes ratification of the United States Constitution by North Carolina
country United States of America
describedBySource Journals of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina
North Carolina Historical Review
North Carolina Manual
follows colonial government of Carolina
surface form: colonial government of North Carolina

royal government under Governor Josiah Martin
hasCause American Revolutionary War
Halifax Resolves
break with British rule
hasEffect adoption of a Declaration of Rights for North Carolina
creation of a bicameral legislature in North Carolina
creation of a written state constitution for North Carolina
establishment of independent state government in North Carolina
limitation of executive power in North Carolina
hasLocation North Carolina Provincial Congress
surface form: Fifth Provincial Congress of North Carolina

Halifax, North Carolina
hasPart Drafting of the North Carolina Constitution of 1776 self-linksurface differs
surface form: North Carolina Constitution of 1776

debates over executive power
debates over representation and suffrage
drafting of provisions on legislative supremacy
drafting of provisions on officeholding qualifications
drafting of provisions on property qualifications for voting
drafting of provisions on religious freedom
drafting of provisions on separation of powers
drafting of the North Carolina Declaration of Rights
locatedIn North Carolina
participant Abner Nash
Allen Jones
Cornelius Harnett
James Iredell Sr.
surface form: James Iredell

John Penn
Joseph Hewes
North Carolina leaders
surface form: North Carolina revolutionary leaders

Richard Caswell
Samuel Ashe
Thomas Burke
Thomas Jones
Thomas Person
William Hooper
Willie Jones
delegates to the Fifth Provincial Congress of North Carolina
pointInTime 1776
December 1776
significantEvent adoption of the North Carolina Constitution of 1776
adoption of the North Carolina Declaration of Rights

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Richard Caswell playedRoleIn Drafting of the North Carolina Constitution of 1776
Drafting of the North Carolina Constitution of 1776 hasPart Drafting of the North Carolina Constitution of 1776 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: North Carolina Constitution of 1776
North Carolina Patriots influenced Drafting of the North Carolina Constitution of 1776
this entity surface form: North Carolina Constitution of 1776