Massachusetts Provincial Congress

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The Massachusetts Provincial Congress was the revolutionary governing body that assumed control of Massachusetts in 1774–1775, organizing the colony’s resistance and military forces at the outset of the American Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf provincial congress
revolutionary governing body
assumedControlOf Massachusetts government
authorized formation of the Massachusetts Army
raising of funds for military supplies
category American Revolutionary bodies
Former legislatures of the United States
History of Massachusetts
convenedAt Cambridge, Massachusetts
Concord, Massachusetts
Salem, Massachusetts
country Province of Massachusetts Bay
dissolved 1775
establishedBy elected representatives of Massachusetts towns
followedBy Massachusetts Provincial Congress self-linksurface differs
surface form: Massachusetts Provincial Congress Second Congress

Massachusetts Provincial Congress self-linksurface differs
surface form: Massachusetts Provincial Congress Third Congress
governmentType revolutionary provisional government
hasShortName Massachusetts Provincial Congress self-linksurface differs
surface form: Provincial Congress of Massachusetts
historicalRegion New England
inception 1774
issued calls for raising minutemen companies
resolutions rejecting the authority of the royal governor
jurisdiction Province of Massachusetts Bay
language English
leader John Hancock
legislativeBodyOf Massachusetts
locatedIn Massachusetts
meetsIn Massachusetts meetinghouses
member James Warren
Joseph Warren
Samuel Adams
metDuring First Continental Congress era
opposedTo British imperial authority
Thomas Gage
surface form: royal governor Thomas Gage
organized Massachusetts provincial forces
surface form: Massachusetts military forces

Massachusetts Bay Colony militia
surface form: Massachusetts militia

colonial resistance in Massachusetts
partOf American Revolutionary War
surface form: American Revolution

Thirteen Colonies resistance movement
precededBy Massachusetts General Court
president John Hancock
replaced Massachusetts General Court
role de facto government of Massachusetts
significantEvent Battle of Bunker Hill
Battles of Lexington and Concord
outbreak of the American Revolutionary War
timePeriod 1774–1775
usedCalendar Gregorian calendar

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Massachusetts Provincial Artillery Regiment governedBy Massachusetts Provincial Congress
Boston jail governmentBy Massachusetts Provincial Congress
this entity surface form: Massachusetts colonial authorities
President of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress partOf Massachusetts Provincial Congress
President of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress legislativeBody Massachusetts Provincial Congress
President of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress legislativeTerm Massachusetts Provincial Congress
this entity surface form: Massachusetts Provincial Congress sessions of 1774–1775
Massachusetts Provincial Congress followedBy Massachusetts Provincial Congress self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Massachusetts Provincial Congress Second Congress
Massachusetts Provincial Congress followedBy Massachusetts Provincial Congress self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Massachusetts Provincial Congress Third Congress
Massachusetts Provincial Congress hasShortName Massachusetts Provincial Congress self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Provincial Congress of Massachusetts
Military Governor of Massachusetts Bay opposedBy Massachusetts Provincial Congress
James Warren memberOf Massachusetts Provincial Congress