North carolinians had taken a step to seperate themselves from the clutches of the british. but when the first govenor tryon,then his suceesorjosiah martin, treid to shut down all of the assembly.john had corosponded with the prospectors.in 1774, the govenor,martin,refused to call the assembly together so they could elect the repasentives. later there was a new body of congress that was chosen the delegates anyway.when the news of the battle at lexington and concord had reached in the carolina,govenor martin had fled the scene.the people involed was the toreis and the whigs. from 1775 is when they called it the mecklenburg declartion of independence. the date that it was signed was may 20, 1775 was later included in the north calolinas flag.
North carolinians had taken a step to seperate themselves from the clutches of the british. but when the first govenor tryon,then his suceesorjosiah martin, treid to shut down all of the assembly.john had corosponded with the prospectors.in 1774, the govenor,martin,refused to call the assembly together so they could elect the repasentives. later there was a new body of congress that was chosen the delegates anyway.when the news of the battle at lexington and concord had reached in the carolina,govenor martin had fled the scene.the people involed was the toreis and the whigs. from 1775 is when they called it the mecklenburg declartion of independence. the date that it was signed was may 20, 1775 was later included in the north calolinas flag.