Editing Tryon Resolves (section)

==Background==
The "[[Voluntary association|Tryon Association]]" was formed with the signing of the ''Tryon Declaration of Rights and Independence from British Tyranny''. (This document only became known as "''The Tryon Resolves''" in the 20th-century.)<ref name= "ptriot" /> The Association was formed in response to the April 19, 1775, [[Battles of Lexington and Concord|Battle of Lexington]]. The Resolves was among the earliest of many local colonial declarations against the [[Intolerable Acts|coercive policies]] that the British government had instituted in the colonies that were considered oppressive by the colonists. Other similar associations with signed "declarations" from the same period included the [[Mecklenburg Resolves]] (adopted in nearby [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina]]) and the [[Suffolk Resolves]] (adopted in [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts]]). The Tryon Resolves predated the [[United States Declaration of Independence]] by almost 11 months, but stopped short of proscribing independence from Britain, instead supporting armed resistance until a resolution with England could be made.<ref name= "ptriot">[https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/08/the-tryon-county-patriots-of-1775-and-their-association/  ''The Tryon County Patriots of 1775 and Their Association'']; Parker, Herschel; August 11, 2014; WebPage; "Journal of the American Revolution" online; retrieved April 2023</ref>

As tensions between the North American colonies and the British government continued to increase, county residents began forming [[Committees of safety (American Revolution)|Committees of Safety]] to prepare militia companies for a potential war. On September 14, 1775, many of the signers of the Tryon Resolves formed the [[Militia (United States)#Colonial era, pre-1774|Tryon County Militia]] in preparation for British retaliation against American revolutionaries.<ref name="KGS">'''Sullivan, Kathy Gunter''';  ''Tryon County Documents, 1769-1779: A North Carolina County'' (Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, NC: 2000), pp. 184–186; citing Proceedings of the Committee of Safety, 1775-1776; Secretary of State Papers; S.S. 305, State Archives, Raleigh.</ref>