Sovereign Council of New France

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colonial governing council government institution judicial body

The Sovereign Council of New France was the principal governing body of the French colony in North America, overseeing justice, administration, and regulation on behalf of the French Crown.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Council for the Affairs of the Province of Quebec 1
Sovereign Council of New France canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial governing council ⓘ
government institution ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Conseil souverain de la Nouvelle-France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sovereign Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Acadia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canada (colony) NERFINISHED ⓘ
French colonial North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
Louisiana (French colony) NERFINISHED ⓘ
New France NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy King of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
country New France NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved 1760 ⓘ
executiveBody Sovereign Council of New France NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstYearOfGovernance 1663 ⓘ
follows Company of One Hundred Associates NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType absolutist colonial administration ⓘ
hasMember attorney general ⓘ
bishop of Quebec ⓘ
clerk of the council ⓘ
councillors ⓘ
governor general of New France ⓘ
intendant of New France ⓘ
hasPart attorney general ⓘ
bishop of Quebec ⓘ
clerk of the council ⓘ
councillors ⓘ
governor general of New France ⓘ
intendant of New France ⓘ
hasRole administration of justice ⓘ
appeal court ⓘ
colonial administration ⓘ
overseeing seigneurial system ⓘ
regulation of policing ⓘ
regulation of prices and markets ⓘ
regulation of trade ⓘ
historicalPeriod Ancien Régime NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1663 ⓘ
judicialBody Sovereign Council of New France NERFINISHED ⓘ
lastYearOfGovernance 1760 ⓘ
legislativeBody Sovereign Council of New France NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Quebec City NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter sovereign authority of the king ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
parentOrganization Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy British military government in Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent creation by Louis XIV in 1663 ⓘ
subordinateTo French Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
King of France NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

French colonial authorities in New France → hasPart → Sovereign Council of New France ⓘ
Legislative Council of Lower Canada → precededBy → Sovereign Council of New France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council for the Affairs of the Province of Quebec