North Carolina Patriots

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The North Carolina Patriots were colonial American revolutionaries from North Carolina who opposed British rule and fought for independence during the American Revolutionary War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American revolutionaries
Patriots (American Revolution)
political movement
conflict American Revolutionary War
contributedTo Halifax Resolves
country Province of North Carolina
dateOfSignificantEvent 12 April 1776
endTime 1783
goal independence from Great Britain
hasPart North Carolina Brigade
surface form: North Carolina Continental Line

Province of North Carolina militia
surface form: North Carolina militia

North Carolina Sons of Liberty
surface form: Sons of Liberty in North Carolina

local Committees of Safety in North Carolina
ideology American independence
republicanism
influenced Drafting of the North Carolina Constitution of 1776
surface form: North Carolina Constitution of 1776

creation of the State of North Carolina
language English
locatedIn Thirteen Colonies
notableMember Abner Nash
Alexander Lillington
Cornelius Harnett
Griffith Rutherford
James Iredell Sr.
surface form: James Iredell

John Ashe
Richard Caswell
Samuel Johnston
Thomas Person
Willie Jones
opposedBy British Army
American Loyalists
surface form: North Carolina Loyalists

Governor of North Carolina
surface form: Royal Governor of North Carolina
opposedTo British America
surface form: British rule in North America

Loyalists in North Carolina
participantIn Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
campaigns in the Carolinas
partOf American Revolutionary War
surface form: American Revolution

Patriot cause
religion various Protestant denominations
significantEvent North Carolina’s Halifax Resolves
surface form: adoption of the Halifax Resolves
startTime 1774
supportedBy Continental Congress
French allies of the United States
usedTactic economic boycotts of British goods
guerrilla tactics
militia warfare

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Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge combatant North Carolina Patriots