American colonial assemblies
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American colonial assemblies were locally elected legislative bodies in the Thirteen Colonies that asserted colonial self-governance and frequently resisted British imperial policies in the years leading up to the American Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American colonial assemblies canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial institution
ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ representative assembly ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | British America ⓘ |
| composedOf |
elected representatives
ⓘ
property-owning male colonists as voters ⓘ |
| country | Thirteen Colonies ⓘ |
| dissolvedOrAbolished | during and after the American Revolution ⓘ |
| followedBy | state legislatures after independence ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Massachusetts General Court
ⓘ
Governor’s Council of New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York General Assembly
Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly ⓘ South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
surface form:
South Carolina Commons House of Assembly
House of Burgesses ⓘ
surface form:
Virginia House of Burgesses
|
| hasRole |
lawmaking
ⓘ
local self-governance ⓘ representation of colonists ⓘ resistance to imperial policy ⓘ taxation authority ⓘ |
| inception | 17th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
concept of no taxation without representation
ⓘ
development of American republicanism ⓘ state legislatures in the United States ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Parliament of England
ⓘ
surface form:
English Parliament
English common law ⓘ traditions of local self-rule ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Massachusetts Bay Colony
ⓘ
New York Colony ⓘ Colony of Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form:
Pennsylvania Colony
Province of Carolina ⓘ
surface form:
South Carolina Colony
Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
surface form:
Virginia Colony
|
| opposed |
British imperial taxation
ⓘ
royal prerogative in colonial governance ⓘ writs of assistance ⓘ |
| partOf | colonial governments in British North America ⓘ |
| practiced |
issuing resolves and declarations
ⓘ
petitioning the Crown ⓘ power of the purse over governors ⓘ regulation of internal trade ⓘ regulation of local militia ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
conflict with royal governors
ⓘ
expansion in the 18th century ⓘ nonimportation agreements ⓘ resistance to the Stamp Act ⓘ resistance to the Townshend Acts ⓘ support for Continental Congress ⓘ |
| timePeriod | colonial era in North America ⓘ |
| usedSystem |
bicameralism in some colonies
ⓘ
unicameralism in some colonies ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.