Pennsylvania Committee of Safety

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executive council provisional government revolutionary governing body

The Pennsylvania Committee of Safety was a Revolutionary-era governing body that oversaw defense, militia organization, and wartime administration in Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Pennsylvania Committee of Safety canonical	2
Pennsylvania Council of Safety	2

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive council ⓘ provisional government ⓘ revolutionary governing body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToPeriod	American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved	1776 ⓘ
followedBy	Pennsylvania Council of Safety NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentalBodyType	committee of safety NERFINISHED ⓘ revolutionary committee ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Pennsylvania militia ⓘ military supplies in Pennsylvania ⓘ provincial defenses in Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasRole	coordination of military supplies ⓘ enforcement of revolutionary measures ⓘ executive authority ⓘ implementation of Continental Congress resolutions ⓘ militia organization ⓘ oversight of defense ⓘ regulation of trade related to the war effort ⓘ supervision of fortifications ⓘ supervision of the militia officers ⓘ wartime administration ⓘ
hasScope	coordination with Continental Army forces in Pennsylvania ⓘ internal security in Pennsylvania during the Revolution ⓘ
historicalPeriod	18th century ⓘ
historicalRegion	Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1775 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Pennsylvania ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ
movement	American independence movement ⓘ
partOf	American Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ Patriot governance in the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ Patriot movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Pennsylvania Council of Safety NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	coordination of Pennsylvania militia in 1775–1776 ⓘ oversight of Pennsylvania defenses during early American Revolutionary War ⓘ
usedCalendar	Gregorian calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Pennsylvania militia → subordinateTo → Pennsylvania Committee of Safety ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Council of Safety

revolutionary government of Pennsylvania → hasPart → Pennsylvania Committee of Safety ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Council of Safety