Committee of Sixty (New York)

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colonial governing body patriot organization revolutionary political committee

The Committee of Sixty (New York) was a revolutionary-era political body formed by New York City merchants and patriots to coordinate resistance to British policies before and during the early stages of the American Revolution.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial governing body ⓘ patriot organization ⓘ revolutionary political committee ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Province of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedBy	New York City merchants ⓘ New York patriots NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	revolutionary committee ⓘ
hasFunction	communication with other colonies ⓘ implementation of Continental Congress decisions ⓘ
hasMemberType	artisans ⓘ lawyers ⓘ merchants ⓘ political leaders ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers	60 ⓘ
hasPoliticalAlignment	anti-British ⓘ pro-independence leaning ⓘ
hasRole	acting as de facto local government ⓘ coordinating resistance to British policies ⓘ enforcing non-importation agreements ⓘ organizing colonial opposition ⓘ
historicalRegion	Lower Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	Patriot cause ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	British America NERFINISHED ⓘ New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	number of its members ⓘ
opposedTo	British imperial policy ⓘ British trade regulations ⓘ Parliamentary taxation without representation ⓘ
participatedIn	American Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ American colonial resistance to Britain ⓘ
partOf	Patriot movement in New York ⓘ network of colonial committees ⓘ
replacedBy	Committee of One Hundred (New York) NERFINISHED ⓘ
seeAlso	Committee of One Hundred (New York) NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ Sons of Liberty NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	coordination of non-importation after British acts ⓘ
timePeriod	1770s ⓘ American Revolutionary era ⓘ

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Francis Lewis → memberOf → Committee of Sixty (New York) ⓘ