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.


Statements (44)
Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial legislative assembly
lower house of legislature
appliesToJurisdiction British America
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 Province of Maryland
dissolved American Revolutionary period
late 18th century
followedBy Maryland General Assembly
governmentForm representative colonial legislature
hasPart House of Delegates of Maryland (colonial)
Upper House of the Maryland Assembly (colonial council sitting as upper house)
hasRole lawmaking
local governance
representation of freeholders
taxation authority
historicalPeriod British colonial period in North America
inception 17th century
languageOfWorkOrName English
legislativeAuthorityOver local statutes
provincial taxation
regulation of trade within Maryland
legislativeBodyFor Province of Maryland
legislativeProcess bicameral
locatedInTime 17th century
18th century
colonial era
meetsIn Annapolis, Maryland
St. Mary's City, Maryland
partOf 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

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Colonial Assembly of Maryland ("Upper House of the Maryland Assembly (colonial council sitting as upper house)")
hasPart
John Hanson ("Maryland provincial legislature")
memberOf
Maryland House of Delegates ("Maryland colonial assembly")
originatedFrom
Maryland General Assembly
predecessor

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