Georgia Council of Safety

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The Georgia Council of Safety was a Revolutionary-era governing body in the Province of Georgia that oversaw military and civil affairs during the early stages of the American Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf provisional government
revolutionary governing body
appliesToJurisdiction Province of Georgia NERFINISHED
basedOn model of colonial committees of safety
category American Revolutionary War political bodies
Defunct political institutions in Georgia
History of Georgia (U.S. state) NERFINISHED
country Province of Georgia NERFINISHED
dissolved late 1770s
governs civil administration in revolutionary Georgia
military policy in revolutionary Georgia
hasAuthorityOver Georgia militia NERFINISHED
local committees of safety in Georgia
provincial military forces in Georgia
hasFunction coordination with Continental Congress
enforcement of Continental Association measures in Georgia
provisioning of troops
regulation of trade related to the war effort
security and public order
supervision of loyalist activity
hasRole coordination of colonial resistance
oversight of civil affairs
oversight of military affairs
revolutionary governance
hasTypeOfJurisdiction emergency powers
executive authority
military authority
historicalPeriod Revolutionary era
inception 1775
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedIn British America NERFINISHED
Georgia NERFINISHED
Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED
opposedTo British royal authority in Georgia
Loyalist factions in Georgia
partOf American Revolution NERFINISHED
Patriot administrative structures in the Thirteen Colonies
politicalAlignment Patriot cause
replacedBy republican state government of Georgia
replaces royal government of Georgia NERFINISHED
temporalCoverage American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED

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John Houstoun memberOf Georgia Council of Safety