While affirming their loyalty to the king, the North Carolina leaders declared that “any act of Parliament imposing a tax is illegal and unconstitutional.”
North Carolina has had three state constitutions. The first one was adopted on Dec. 18, 1776. This column explores some historical context and a few particulars of that constitution. The three state constitutions were adopted in the following years: 1776, 1868, and 1971. (Many revisions were made in 1835 to the first state constitution, yet