Disambiguation evidence for general courts via surface form

"General Courts (colonial New England)"


As subject (48)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "General Courts (colonial New England)".

Predicate Object
appliesToJurisdiction Connecticut Colony
appliesToJurisdiction Massachusetts Bay Colony
appliesToJurisdiction New Haven Colony
appliesToJurisdiction Plymouth Colony
basedOn English General Court and Parliament models
composedOf assistants or magistrates
composedOf deputies or representatives
composedOf governor
country English colonies in North America
governs freemen of the colony
hasAuthorityOver land distribution
hasAuthorityOver militia organization
hasAuthorityOver religious establishment policies
hasAuthorityOver town governments
hasCharacteristic Puritan-influenced governance
hasCharacteristic combined legislative and judicial powers
hasCharacteristic representative of freemen
hasCharacteristic rooted in English legal traditions
hasFunction approving local officials
hasFunction chartering towns
hasFunction electing colonial officers
hasFunction enacting colonial laws
hasFunction governance
hasFunction hearing appeals
hasFunction issuing orders and ordinances
hasFunction judicial authority
hasFunction lawmaking
hasFunction regulating trade
hasFunction taxation authority
hasFunction trying civil cases
hasFunction trying criminal cases
hasPart Connecticut General Court
hasPart Massachusetts colonial legislature
surface form: Massachusetts General Court (colonial)
hasPart Connecticut General Court
surface form: New Haven General Court
hasPart Plymouth General Court
inception 17th century
influenced development of American colonial self-government
influenced later state legislative institutions in New England
instanceOf colonial judicial body
instanceOf colonial legislative assembly
instanceOf representative institution
language English
legalForm charter-based colonial government
locatedIn New England
meetsAt colonial capital towns
religion Puritanism
replacedBy separate legislative and judicial branches in state governments
significantEvent evolution into bicameral legislatures in some colonies