In 1792, a commission was appointed to select a site to build a permanent state capital.

Fayetteville was also added as a borough/town.

In 1789 at the Fayetteville Convention, the constitution was amended to substitute the word 'Christian' for 'Protestant'.

Early assemblies met in multiple locations in North Carolina when there was not a state capital.

Only protestant men owning land (100 acres for the House of Commons, 300 acres for the Senate) could serve.

The new General Assembly, which first convened in April 1777, consisted of a Senate, which had one member from each county (regardless of population), and a House of Commons, which had two members representing each county, plus one each from certain towns/districts.

The assembly now convenes on the third Wednesday after the second Monday in January after the November election. The 1969 General Assembly was the first to convene on a date fixed by law after elimination of the constitutionally fixed date. From 1957 through 1967, sessions convened in February at a time fixed by the Constitution. Prior to 1957, the General Assembly convened in January at a time fixed by the Constitution of North Carolina. state of North Carolina has convened many times since the state declared its independence from the British Crown and established a constitution in December 1776 during the Fifth North Carolina Provincial Congress.

The North Carolina General Assembly of the U.S.

Dredging report to NC general assembly