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The Quartering Act
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Intolerable Acts
were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in the mid-1770s.Became the major push that led to the outbreak American Revolution -
The Second Continental Congress
The American Revolutionary War was already underway. ... At this point, Congress intervened and assumed leadership of the war effort. On June 14, 1775, Congress voted to create the Continental Army from Boston militia units. -
Mecklenburg Resolves
the Resolves annulled and vacated all laws originating from the authority of the King or Parliament, and ended recognition of the Crown's power in the colony of North Carolina and all other American colonies. -
Halifax Resolves
ordered North Carolina's delegation to the second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, not only to form foreign alliances, but also to seek and vote for independence from Great Britain. This action made North Carolina the first of the colonial governments to call for total independence. -
Declaration of Independence
d by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.