Georgia Provincial Congress

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historical organization provincial congress revolutionary governing body

The Georgia Provincial Congress was a revolutionary governing body that represented Georgia’s colonists and coordinated the colony’s break from British rule during the American Revolution.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical organization ⓘ provincial congress ⓘ revolutionary governing body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Georgia (British colony) NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	model of other colonial provincial congresses ⓘ
category	American Revolution in Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Defunct legislatures of the United States ⓘ Former political institutions in Georgia ⓘ Revolutionary governments of the Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Province of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedIn	late 18th century ⓘ
followedBy	Georgia Council of Safety NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgia General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	colonial representative assembly ⓘ revolutionary provisional government ⓘ
hasPoliticalAlignment	American independence movement ⓘ Patriot ⓘ
hasPurpose	to coordinate Georgia’s break from British rule ⓘ to represent Georgia’s colonists ⓘ
hasRole	coordination of resistance to British rule ⓘ governing body for Georgia colonists ⓘ organizing break from British rule ⓘ provisional government NERFINISHED ⓘ representative assembly ⓘ revolutionary legislature ⓘ
historicalRegion	Southern Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	Georgia colonists ⓘ
locatedIn	British America NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedTo	British imperial authority in Georgia ⓘ royal governor of Georgia ⓘ
participantIn	American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ movement for American independence ⓘ
partOf	American Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ Patriot movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced	royal government of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ royal governor’s authority in Georgia ⓘ
significantEvent	coordination of Georgia’s separation from British rule ⓘ representation of Georgia colonists in revolutionary politics ⓘ
temporalCoverage	American Revolutionary period NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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John Houstoun → memberOf → Georgia Provincial Congress ⓘ

Button Gwinnett → legislativeBodyMemberOf → Georgia Provincial Congress ⓘ