The Avalon Project: Constitution of North Carolina.
Constitution of South Carolina March 26, 1776. Whereas the British Parliament, claiming of late years a right to bind the North American colonies by law in all cases whatsoever, have enacted statutes for raising a revenue in those colonies and disposing of such revenue as they thought proper, without the consent and against the will of the colonists. And whereas it appearing to them that (they.
This was the same place the Declaration of Independence was signed. The Constitution was written during the Philadelphia Convention—now known as the Constitutional Convention—which convened from May 25 to September 17, 1787. It was signed on September 17, 1787.
NC was one of the original 13 colonies, so it was admitted in 1776 Asked in Founding Fathers What were the three branches of government created by the Constitution.
The US Constitution is the highest law in the United States. And although our country is relatively young, no other country's constitution has been in effect as long as ours. That's pretty amazing when you think about it and a great testament to the men who labored together one summer to create our Constitution.
Amendment I (Religion) Document 29. North Carolina Constitution of 1776, ARTS. 19, 31--32, 34. Thorpe 5:2788, 2793 (Declaration of Rights) XIX. That all men have a natural and unalienable right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences. (Constitution) XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE CONSTITUTION. PREAMBLE. We, the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for the preservation of the American Union and the existence of our civil, political and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those blessings to us and our posterity, do, for the more certain.
The North Carolina Provincial Congress asked Hooper to be a part of the drafting committee charged with writing the North Carolina Constitution in 1776. Hooper wrote a letter to the Provincial Congress in October of 1776 explaining that his duties with the Continental Congress outweighed his ability to take part in the drafting committee. With the letter, he sent copies of other state.