Colonial Assembly of Maryland

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The Colonial Assembly of Maryland was the legislative body of the Province of Maryland during the colonial era, responsible for making local laws and governing alongside the colonial governor and council.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial legislative assembly
lower house of legislature
appliesToJurisdiction British America
Colony of Maryland
surface form: Province of Maryland
coexistedWith Colonial Governor of Maryland
Maryland Governor's Council
composedOf appointed councillors (upper house)
elected delegates
convenedBy colonial governor of Maryland
country Colony of Maryland
surface form: Province of Maryland
dissolved American Revolutionary period
late 18th century
followedBy Maryland General Assembly
governmentForm representative colonial legislature
hasPart Maryland House of Delegates
surface form: House of Delegates of Maryland (colonial)

Colonial Assembly of Maryland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Upper House of the Maryland Assembly (colonial council sitting as upper house)
hasRole lawmaking
local governance
representation of freeholders
taxation authority
historicalPeriod Colonial America
surface form: British colonial period in North America
inception 17th century
languageOfWorkOrName English
legislativeAuthorityOver local statutes
provincial taxation
regulation of trade within Maryland
legislativeBodyFor Colony of Maryland
surface form: Province of Maryland
legislativeProcess bicameral
locatedInTime 17th century
18th century
colonial era
meetsIn Annapolis
surface form: Annapolis, Maryland

St. Mary's City, Maryland
partOf Government of Maryland
surface form: Government of the Province of Maryland
playedRoleIn development of representative government in Maryland
political conflicts over taxation and rights in colonial Maryland
replacedBy Maryland General Assembly
subjectTo proprietary charter of Maryland
royal instructions
subordinateTo British Crown
colonial governor of Maryland
proprietor of Maryland
typeOfJurisdiction subnational legislature under British Empire
usedVotingSystem limited franchise based on property ownership GENERATED

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Maryland General Assembly predecessor Colonial Assembly of Maryland
Colonial Assembly of Maryland hasPart Colonial Assembly of Maryland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Upper House of the Maryland Assembly (colonial council sitting as upper house)
Maryland House of Delegates originatedFrom Colonial Assembly of Maryland
this entity surface form: Maryland colonial assembly
John Hanson memberOf Colonial Assembly of Maryland
this entity surface form: Maryland provincial legislature
Maryland Toleration Act governingBody Colonial Assembly of Maryland
this entity surface form: Maryland colonial assembly
Maryland Toleration Act enactedBy Colonial Assembly of Maryland
this entity surface form: Maryland colonial assembly