12.1 Note-taking Guide
Events:
Mecklenburg Resolves
Halifax Resolves
Edenton Tea Party
Dates:
1729
May 20, 1775
April 12, 1776
People:
William Tryon
William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, & John Penn
Richard Dobbs Spaight, William Blount, & Hugh Williamson
Vocabulary:
Unicameral
Bicameral
Consent
Federal System
12.1 Note-taking Guide
Events:
Mecklenburg Resolves
Halifax Resolves
Edenton Tea Party
Dates:
1729
May 20, 1775
April 12, 1776
People:
William Tryon
William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, & John Penn
Richard Dobbs Spaight, William Blount, & Hugh Williamson
Vocabulary:
Unicameral
Bicameral
Consent
Federal System
Reading points:
After who is “Carolina” named? King Charles II
In what year did the Carolina’s split? Why? In 1729, the two split because their
economies and interests had become so different.
How did the lower house of early NC get their jobs? What powers did they have?
These members were elected and had the powers of the purse to pay the salaries of the
governor and other officials.
Event toward
Independence
1. Provincial
Congress
Year of
event
August
25, 1774
2. Edenton Tea
Party
October,
1774
3.Meclenburg
Resolves
(p. 782)
May 20,
1775
4. The Halifax
Resolves
(p. 783)
April 12,
1776
5. The Declaration
of Independence
July 4,
1776
Description of event
71 Delegates met in Wilmington when the colonial
government refused to call a meeting. They elected
representatives to the Continental Congress
A group of NC women burned their British tea and
issued a protest about British policies.
Citizens of Mecklenburg County met in Charlotte
and decided that all British offices were vacant and
could only be filled by the Provincial Congress.
Declared independence
The 4th Provincial Congress declared NC’s
independence from Great Britain. The first colony
to do so.
William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, and John Penn
signed the DOI as representatives of the NC
delegation.
How did NC help shape the Constitution? We sent Delegates Richard Dobbs Spaight,
William Blount, and Hugh Williamson to the Convention. NC opposed the
Constitution at the Hillsborough Convention in 1788 because it did not contain a
BOR. We Congress passed the BOR, NC ratified the Constitution at the Fayetteville
Convention in 1789.
Unicameral: one house
Bicameral: two houses
Federal system: a system where power is divided between the national & state gov’ts.
12.1 Reading points:
After who is “Carolina” named?
In what year did the Carolina’s split? Why?
How did the lower house of early NC get their jobs? What powers did they have?
Event toward Independence
1. Provincial Congress
Year of event Description of event
2. Edenton Tea Party
3.Meclenburg Resolves
(p. 782)
4. The Halifax Resolves
(p. 783)
5. The Declaration of Independence
How did NC help shape the Constitution?
Define: unicameral, bicameral, & federal system.