Halifax Resolves

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American Revolutionary War document political resolution

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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Label	Occurrences
Halifax Resolves canonical	5

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Revolutionary War document ⓘ political resolution ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Province of North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
archivesAt	North Carolina State Archives NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Fourth Provincial Congress of North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Halifax Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemorationDate	April 12 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateAdopted	1776-04-12 ⓘ
describedBySource	North Carolina colonial records NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedIn	North Carolina history textbooks ⓘ
followedBy	Declaration of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (disputed chronology in popular memory) NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	political declaration ⓘ
hasAnniversary	Halifax Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1776-04-12 ⓘ
influenced	other colonial calls for independence ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	colonial legislative instruction ⓘ
legislativeBody	Fourth Provincial Congress of North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Halifax, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ American independence ⓘ separation from Great Britain ⓘ
namedAfter	Halifax, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
topic	British Empire in North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
year	1776 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Halifax, North Carolina → knownFor → Halifax Resolves ⓘ

Drafting of the North Carolina Constitution of 1776 → hasCause → Halifax Resolves ⓘ

North Carolina Colony → issuedDocument → Halifax Resolves ⓘ

North Carolina Patriots → contributedTo → Halifax Resolves ⓘ

North Carolina’s Halifax Resolves → hasTitle → Halifax Resolves ⓘ

subject surface form: Halifax Resolves