revolutionary government of New Jersey

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The revolutionary government of New Jersey was the Patriot-led provisional authority that governed New Jersey during the American Revolution after breaking from British colonial rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Patriot government
provisional government
revolutionary regime
alliedWith Continental Congress
other Patriot governments in the Thirteen Colonies
appliesToJurisdiction New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey
basedOn Constitution of New Jersey
surface form: New Jersey Constitution of 1776
conflict British colonial authorities in New Jersey
Loyalist militias in New Jersey
country New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey
establishedDuring American Revolutionary War
executiveHead Governor of New Jersey
exercisedPowerOver civil administration in New Jersey
law and order in New Jersey
military mobilization in New Jersey
taxation in New Jersey
follows Province of New Jersey
hasCapital Trenton, New Jersey
surface form: Trenton
hasGoal independence from Great Britain
self-government for New Jersey
support for Continental Army
hasGovernmentForm representative government
republican government
hasTerritorialExtent boundaries of New Jersey during the American Revolution
hasTypeOfLegitimacy popular sovereignty
revolutionary legitimacy
historicalPeriod late 18th century
ideology American republicanism
Patriot cause
implements Constitution of New Jersey
surface form: New Jersey Constitution of 1776
judicialBody courts of New Jersey
languageUsed English
legislativeBody New Jersey Legislature
locatedIn North America
Thirteen Colonies
opposedBy British Empire
Loyalists in New Jersey
partOf American Revolutionary War
surface form: American Revolution

Patriot movement
Founding of the United States
surface form: United States independence movement
replacedBy state government of New Jersey under the United States
replaces colonial government of New Jersey
significantEvent adoption of a revolutionary constitution in New Jersey
break with British colonial rule in New Jersey

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revolutionary government of New York sharesBorderWith revolutionary government of New Jersey
New Jersey Legislature replaced revolutionary government of New Jersey
this entity surface form: colonial-era Provincial Congress of New Jersey