Show mecklenburg declaration the mecklenburg declaration Devi of independence Is claimed to be the first declaration of independence in america says pathfinder ala magazine gazi lie and it was a series of five resolutions passed at a mass blass meeting held at charlotte Cliar loUo mecklenburg county N 0 in may 1775 these resolutions asserted the sovereignty of tile the peoples rights and declared thorn them free and independent ot of the british crown the orina or ina copy of these resolutions was destroyed destroyed by fire in ISOO and since that thai time much controversy has followed follow ed as to tile the existence and authenticity of such a document |