Virginia colonial government

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colonial government government of a British colony

The Virginia colonial government was the British-era governing system of the Colony of Virginia, combining a royal governor, appointed council, and elected House of Burgesses to administer law and colonial affairs.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Royal governors of colonial Virginia	1
colonial government of Virginia	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial government ⓘ government of a British colony ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Chesapeake region NERFINISHED ⓘ Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Company of London territory ⓘ
appointedBy	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	English law NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Jamestown, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Williamsburg, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved	1776 ⓘ
enforced	established church in Virginia ⓘ slave codes of Virginia ⓘ
executiveHeadOfGovernment	royal governor of Virginia ⓘ
followedBy	Virginia state government under the 1776 Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	General Assembly of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Burgesses NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Governor's Council NERFINISHED ⓘ colonial attorney general of Virginia ⓘ colonial land office of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ colonial militia system of Virginia ⓘ colonial secretary's office of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ colonial tax system of Virginia ⓘ colonial treasurer of Virginia ⓘ county courts of colonial Virginia ⓘ parish vestries of colonial Virginia ⓘ royal governor of Virginia ⓘ
inception	1607 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
legislativeBody	General Assembly of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Burgesses NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	North America ⓘ
lowerHouse	House of Burgesses NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainRegulatoryText	Virginia colonial statutes NERFINISHED ⓘ charters of the Colony of Virginia ⓘ royal instructions to the governor ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Church of England ⓘ
replacedBy	Commonwealth of Virginia government NERFINISHED ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	Jamestown, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Williamsburg, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	Bacon's Rebellion response in 1676 ⓘ convening of Virginia Conventions 1774–1776 ⓘ dissolution of House of Burgesses in 1774 ⓘ establishment of House of Burgesses in 1619 ⓘ move of capital from Jamestown to Williamsburg in 1699 ⓘ revocation of Virginia Company charter in 1624 ⓘ transition to royal colony in 1624 ⓘ
upperHouse	Virginia Governor's Council NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses → partOf → Virginia colonial government ⓘ

Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia → positionHeldIn → Virginia colonial government ⓘ

this entity surface form: colonial government of Virginia

Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia → associatedWith → Virginia colonial government ⓘ

subject surface form: Bruton Parish Church

this entity surface form: Royal governors of colonial Virginia

John Blair Sr. → memberOf → Virginia colonial government ⓘ