Record #:

44032

Author(s):

Bloom, Sally Causey

Abstract:

After fighting to win independence from Great Britain with its centralized government and unpopular taxation, North Carolina was in fact very reluctant to participate in the Constitutional Convention but eventually did so, initially electing Richard Caswell, William R. Davie, Willie Jones, Alexander Martin and Richard Dobbs Speight as representatives.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 63 Issue 2, Spring 2024, p50-53, il

Subject(s):

Constitutional Convention--North Carolina--Ratification; Constitutional Convention--delegate biographies