British colonial authorities

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colonial government imperial administration

British colonial authorities were the representatives and governing institutions of the British Crown that administered and controlled its American colonies prior to and during the American Revolution.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
British colonial authorities canonical	20
British colonial administration	2
British colonial government	2
British authorities	1
British colonial forces	1
British imperial authorities	1
British imperial government	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial government ⓘ imperial administration ⓘ
appliesTo	British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ surface form: British North America Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
associatedEvent	American Revolutionary War ⓘ Boston Massacre ⓘ Boston Tea Party ⓘ
challengedBy	doctrine of no taxation without representation ⓘ
claimedAuthorityOver	colonial legislatures ⓘ
communicationChannel	imperial correspondence ⓘ
conflictWith	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ surface form: American colonists
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
endTime	1783 ⓘ
enforcedLaw	Intolerable Acts ⓘ surface form: Coercive Acts Navigation Acts ⓘ Sugar Act 1764 ⓘ
exercisedPowerIn	Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ Connecticut Colony ⓘ Delaware Colony ⓘ Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ Province of Georgia ⓘ Colony of Maryland ⓘ surface form: Province of Maryland Province of New Hampshire ⓘ Province of New Jersey ⓘ Province of New York ⓘ Province of North Carolina ⓘ Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ Province of South Carolina ⓘ Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Virginia Colony
followedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal and state governments
governedBy	Colonial Office ⓘ surface form: Board of Trade British Parliament ⓘ Privy Council ⓘ
headedBy	colonial governors ⓘ royal governors ⓘ
imposedTax	Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ Tea Act ⓘ surface form: Tea Act 1773 Townshend Acts (tea tax component) ⓘ surface form: Townshend Acts
includedOffice	colonial council ⓘ customs officials ⓘ governor ⓘ lieutenant governor ⓘ royal judges ⓘ
issued	Royal Proclamation of 1763 ⓘ surface form: Proclamation of 1763
justifiedBy	theory of parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ
legalBasis	parliamentary statute ⓘ royal charter ⓘ royal prerogative ⓘ
limited	colonial self-government ⓘ
opposedBy	Second Continental Congress ⓘ surface form: Continental Congress Patriot leaders ⓘ
policy	imperial control over colonial trade ⓘ mercantilism ⓘ
represents	British Crown ⓘ
restricted	colonial westward expansion ⓘ
seatOfAuthority	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
startTime	17th century ⓘ
timePeriod	American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American Revolutionary period pre-American Revolution era ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

Minutemen → opposedTo → British colonial authorities ⓘ

British West Indies dollar → issuer → British colonial authorities ⓘ

Japanese occupation of Malaya → participant → British colonial authorities ⓘ

Connecticut Sons of Liberty → opposedBy → British colonial authorities ⓘ

Commons House of Assembly → subordinateTo → British colonial authorities ⓘ

this entity surface form: British imperial authorities

Fort Michilimackinac → usedBy → British colonial authorities ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial forces

Black Loyalists → promisedBy → British colonial authorities ⓘ

this entity surface form: British authorities

Ladysmith → foundedBy → British colonial authorities ⓘ

James Wright → memberOf → British colonial authorities ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial administration

New Jersey colonial assembly → subordinateTo → British colonial authorities ⓘ

this entity surface form: British imperial government

Oneida territory in New York → colonialEncroachmentBy → British colonial authorities ⓘ

Maseru → foundedBy → British colonial authorities ⓘ

Nawab → subordinateTo → British colonial authorities ⓘ

Great Upheaval → participant → British colonial authorities ⓘ

Expulsion of the Acadians → participant → British colonial authorities ⓘ

Malayan Home Guard → organizedBy → British colonial authorities ⓘ

Gabriel Johnston (governor of North Carolina, uncle/relative) → politicalAlignment → British colonial authorities ⓘ

subject surface form: Gabriel Johnston

this entity surface form: British colonial government

Navy Hall → builtFor → British colonial authorities ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government

Michael Cresap → associatedWith → British colonial authorities ⓘ

Fort Beaufort → foundedBy → British colonial authorities ⓘ

Navy Island campaign → hasParticipant → British colonial authorities ⓘ

Battle of Montgomery’s Tavern → side2 → British colonial authorities ⓘ

Indian War → typicalParties → British colonial authorities ⓘ

Nakota → colonialContactWith → British colonial authorities ⓘ

North Carolina Governor's Council → partOf → British colonial authorities ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial administration

Crater mutiny → opposedBy → British colonial authorities ⓘ

First Maroon War → mainCombatants → British colonial authorities ⓘ

The Blockheads → mainSubject → British colonial authorities ⓘ