New York Colonial Assembly

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colonial legislative assembly lower house of legislature

The New York Colonial Assembly was the elected legislative body of the Province of New York under British rule, responsible for making local laws and representing colonists before the American Revolution.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
English colonial administration of New York	1
New York colonial government	1
colonial government of New York	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial legislative assembly ⓘ lower house of legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Province of New York ⓘ
coLegislatureWith	Governor of New York ⓘ surface form: Governor of New York (colonial) Governor’s Council of New York ⓘ
country	Province of New York ⓘ
dissolved	1775 ⓘ onset of the American Revolution in New York ⓘ
electorate	property-owning male colonists of New York ⓘ
endCause	American Revolutionary movement in New York ⓘ
function	appropriated public funds ⓘ controlled local taxation ⓘ made local laws for the Province of New York ⓘ oversaw colonial militia funding ⓘ participated in drafting colonial grievances ⓘ petitioned the Crown and British authorities ⓘ regulated trade and internal affairs within the colony ⓘ represented colonists’ interests ⓘ
governedBy	British colonial law ⓘ
hasPart	Speaker of the Assembly ⓘ committees ⓘ elected representatives ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Colonial America ⓘ surface form: British colonial period in North America pre–American Revolution era ⓘ
house	lower house ⓘ
inception	late 17th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalStatus	elected body under royal charter ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	Province of New York ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf	Province of New York ⓘ
legislativeProcess	could initiate money bills ⓘ could pass local laws and ordinances ⓘ passed bills subject to governor’s approval ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Province of New York ⓘ
metInBuilding	various meeting places in New York City ⓘ
notableAction	asserted right to control colonial taxation ⓘ issued petitions and remonstrances to the Crown ⓘ participated indirectly in broader intercolonial resistance to British policies ⓘ resisted certain royal instructions and parliamentary acts ⓘ
partOf	Province of New York ⓘ surface form: Government of the Province of New York
politicalAlignment	increasingly resistant to imperial taxation policies before the Revolution ⓘ loyalist-leaning leadership at various times ⓘ
replacedBy	New York Provincial Congress ⓘ revolutionary government of New York ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	New York City ⓘ
significantEvent	lost authority as revolutionary institutions emerged in New York ⓘ
subordinateTo	British Crown ⓘ British Parliament ⓘ Governor of New York ⓘ surface form: Governor of New York (colonial)

Referenced by (5)

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

New York State Legislature → hasHistoricalPrecursor → New York Colonial Assembly ⓘ

Livingston → heldOfficeIn → New York Colonial Assembly ⓘ

subject surface form: Livingston family

this entity surface form: New York colonial government

Governor’s Council of New York → partOf → New York Colonial Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: colonial government of New York

New York State Assembly → precededBy → New York Colonial Assembly ⓘ

Peter Stuyvesant → replacedBy → New York Colonial Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: English colonial administration of New York