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  2. North Carolina Provincial Congress - Wikipedia

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    The North Carolina Provincial Congress was an extralegal representative assembly patterned after the colonial lower house that existed in North Carolina from 1774 to 1776. It led the transition from British provincial to U.S. state government in North Carolina .

  3. First North Carolina Provincial Congress - Wikipedia

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    The delegates to the First North Carolina Provincial Congress deliberated in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party and Intolerable Acts (Boston Port Act) by British rulers. The following resolutions were passed by this congress on August 27, 1774 and are listed below as they appear in the minutes of the sessions. [11] [5]

  4. Halifax Resolves - Wikipedia

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    The resolution of April 12, 1776, became known as the Halifax Resolves because the Fourth Provincial Congress of North Carolina adopted them while meeting in the town of Halifax, North Carolina. The 83 delegates present unanimously adopted the resolves, which encouraged delegates to the Continental Congress from all the colonies to finally push ...

  5. Fourth North Carolina Provincial Congress - Wikipedia

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    Encyclopedia of North Carolina, First North Carolina Conflicts and the Establishment of a Provincial Government. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 40–41. ISBN 0807830712. Kughler, Frances Vandeveer. "Murals at the UNC School of Government, including a depiction of the 4th Provincial Congress". UNC School of Government

  6. Third North Carolina Provincial Congress - Wikipedia

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    To govern North Carolina when the congress was not in session, a 13-member Provincial Council was elected, constituting the first executive body in a North Carolina free of British rule. Cornelius Harnett was elected as the first president of the council. [4] [5] The following members were elected to the council by the delegates: [5]

  7. North Carolina has new maps for the 2024 elections. What they ...

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    The North Carolina state Senate map passed by the General Assembly on Oct. 25, 2023, to use in the 2024 elections.

  8. Second North Carolina Provincial Congress - Wikipedia

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    The second congress met at New Bern, from April 3 to 7, 1775. John Harvey served as moderator. The congress met at the same place and almost the same time as the Province of North Carolina General Assembly of 1775 and had almost exactly the same membership (61 of the 107 delegates attended both).

  9. North Carolina Republicans pitch Congress maps that could ...

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    North Carolina's congressional delegation is currently split between seven Democrats and seven Republicans following the 2022 elections conducted using a map that was drawn by a panel of trial judges.