Plymouth General Court

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colonial legislature governing body judicial authority

The Plymouth General Court was the colonial legislature and judicial authority of Plymouth Colony, responsible for making laws and governing its early English settlers in New England.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Plymouth Colony General Court 3
Plymouth Colony authorities 2
Plymouth General Court canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial legislature ⓘ
governing body ⓘ
judicial authority ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Plymouth Colony ⓘ
early English settlers in Plymouth Colony ⓘ
authorityOver land distribution in Plymouth Colony ⓘ
militia organization in Plymouth Colony ⓘ
relations with Indigenous peoples in Plymouth Colony ⓘ
religious regulation within Plymouth Colony ⓘ
basedOn English common law ⓘ
Puritan legal traditions ⓘ
composedOf assistants of Plymouth Colony ⓘ
freemen of Plymouth Colony ⓘ
governor of Plymouth Colony ⓘ
country Plymouth Colony ⓘ
dissolved 1691 ⓘ
followedBy Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
surface form: General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony
governmentType colonial self-government ⓘ
governs Plymouth Colony settlers ⓘ
early English settlers in New England ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Plymouth town ⓘ
outlying settlements of Plymouth Colony ⓘ
hasRole colonial legislature ⓘ
executive authority ⓘ
highest court ⓘ
judicial authority ⓘ
law-making authority ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
colonial New England ⓘ
inception 1620s ⓘ
judicialFunction acting as a court of last resort in Plymouth Colony ⓘ
hearing civil cases ⓘ
hearing criminal cases ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalSystem English colonial law ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Plymouth Colony ⓘ
legislativeFunction levying taxes ⓘ
making laws ⓘ
regulating trade within Plymouth Colony ⓘ
location New England ⓘ
Plymouth Colony ⓘ
meetsIn Plymouth ⓘ
partOf government of Plymouth Colony ⓘ
replacedBy General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
significantEvent union of Plymouth Colony with Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691 ⓘ
territorialExtent territory claimed by Plymouth Colony ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

general courts → hasPart → Plymouth General Court ⓘ
subject surface form: General Courts (colonial New England)
Josiah Winslow → memberOf → Plymouth General Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plymouth Colony General Court
Duxbury, Plymouth Colony → governedBy → Plymouth General Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plymouth Colony General Court
Swansea, Massachusetts Bay (historical) → governedBy → Plymouth General Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plymouth Colony authorities
Samuel Gorton → conflict → Plymouth General Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plymouth Colony authorities
Marshfield, Plymouth Colony → underJurisdictionOf → Plymouth General Court ⓘ
Thomas Hinckley → memberOf → Plymouth General Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plymouth Colony General Court
Governor of Plymouth Colony → partOf → Plymouth General Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: government of Plymouth Colony
Governor of Plymouth Colony → electedBy → Plymouth General Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Court of Plymouth Colony