Commons House of Assembly
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The Commons House of Assembly was the elected lower house of the colonial legislature in the Province of South Carolina, representing white male property owners before the American Revolution.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial legislative body
ⓘ
elected assembly ⓘ lower house ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Province of South Carolina ⓘ |
| composition | white male property owners ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
Province of South Carolina ⓘ |
| dissolvedAfter |
American Revolutionary era
ⓘ
surface form:
American Revolution
|
| electorate |
freeholders
ⓘ
white male property owners ⓘ |
| follows |
South Carolina Council
ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Council of Carolina
|
| governmentSystem | British colonial system ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
exclusion of enslaved people from voting
ⓘ
exclusion of most non‑white people from voting ⓘ exclusion of women from voting ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
appropriating funds
ⓘ
passing colonial statutes ⓘ petitioning the Crown ⓘ regulating trade within the colony ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
local legislation in the Province of South Carolina
ⓘ
taxation in the Province of South Carolina ⓘ |
| hasPart | members of the Commons House of Assembly ⓘ |
| hasRole |
control of public finance
ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ oversight of colonial administration ⓘ representation of colonial inhabitants with voting rights ⓘ taxation power ⓘ |
| hasUpperHouse | South Carolina Council ⓘ |
| historicalEra | colonial America ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ |
| legislativeChamberOf | Province of South Carolina ⓘ |
| legislativePeriod | colonial era before the American Revolution ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Province of South Carolina
ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ |
| meetsIn | Charleston ⓘ |
| modeledAfter | House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ |
| partOf |
South Carolina colonial legislature
ⓘ
bicameral legislature of South Carolina ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | British colonial constitutionalism ⓘ |
| replacedBy | South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ |
| seatOfGovernment | Charleston ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | election by qualified voters ⓘ |
| significantEventInHistoryOf | American colonial resistance to British authority ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
British colonial authorities
ⓘ
surface form:
British imperial authorities
royal governor of South Carolina ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | English ⓘ |
| votingSystem | limited franchise based on property ownership ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.