Council and Assembly of East Florida

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bicameral legislature colonial legislature legislative body

The Council and Assembly of East Florida was the bicameral legislative body that governed the British colony of East Florida in the late 18th century.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Assembly of East Florida 1
Council and Assembly of East Florida canonical 1
Council of East Florida 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
colonial legislature ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
appliesToDemographic free white inhabitants of East Florida ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction East Florida ⓘ
appliesToTerritory East Florida ⓘ
surface form: British province of East Florida
appliesToTimePeriod late 18th century ⓘ
category British colonial America ⓘ
Defunct legislatures ⓘ
History of Florida ⓘ
constitutionalStatus subject to royal instructions and imperial statutes ⓘ
subordinate to the British Crown ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
followed Spanish colonial institutions in Florida ⓘ
followedBy Spanish Florida ⓘ
surface form: Spanish colonial government of East Florida (post-1783)
governmentForm bicameralism ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver land policy in East Florida ⓘ
local regulations in East Florida ⓘ
taxation in East Florida ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver plantations in East Florida ⓘ
settlers in East Florida ⓘ
towns of East Florida ⓘ
hasMembershipCriteria appointed councillors (for Council) ⓘ
property-owning colonists (for Assembly) ⓘ
hasPart Council and Assembly of East Florida self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Assembly of East Florida

Council and Assembly of East Florida self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Council of East Florida
historicalPeriod East Florida ⓘ
surface form: British Florida period
inception 18th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalSystem English law ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor East Florida ⓘ
surface form: British colony of East Florida
legislativeBranchOf Council and Assembly of East Florida self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: government of East Florida
legislativeProcess passage of colonial laws ⓘ
locatedIn British America ⓘ
East Florida ⓘ
North America ⓘ
meetsAt St. Augustine, Florida ⓘ
surface form: St. Augustine, East Florida
partOf British Empire ⓘ
British colonial administration ⓘ
East Florida ⓘ
surface form: colonial government of East Florida
replacedBy Spanish colonial institutions in East Florida ⓘ
significantPlace St. Augustine, Florida ⓘ
surface form: St. Augustine, East Florida
subdivision lower house ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
subjectHasRole advisory body to the colonial governor ⓘ
representative body for free colonists ⓘ
temporalCoverage American Revolutionary era ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East Florida → hadLegislature → Council and Assembly of East Florida ⓘ
Council and Assembly of East Florida → hasPart → Council and Assembly of East Florida self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of East Florida
Council and Assembly of East Florida → hasPart → Council and Assembly of East Florida self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assembly of East Florida
Council and Assembly of East Florida → legislativeBranchOf → Council and Assembly of East Florida self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: government of East Florida