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.

Aliases (5)

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial government → imperial administration →
appliesTo	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	American colonists →
country	Kingdom of Great Britain →
endTime	1783 →
enforcedLaw	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 → 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 → Virginia Colony →
followedBy	United States federal and state governments →
governedBy	Board of Trade → British Parliament → Privy Council →
headedBy	colonial governors → royal governors →
imposedTax	Stamp Act 1765 → Tea Act 1773 → Townshend Acts →
includedOffice	colonial council → customs officials → governor → lieutenant governor → royal judges →
issued	Proclamation of 1763 →
justifiedBy	theory of parliamentary sovereignty →
legalBasis	parliamentary statute → royal charter → royal prerogative →
limited	colonial self-government →
opposedBy	Continental Congress → Patriot leaders →
policy	imperial control over colonial trade → mercantilism →
represents	British Crown →
restricted	colonial westward expansion →
seatOfAuthority	London →
startTime	17th century →
timePeriod	American Revolutionary period → pre-American Revolution era →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ladysmith → Maseru →	foundedBy
Commons House of Assembly ("British imperial authorities") → New Jersey colonial assembly ("British imperial government") →	subordinateTo
Oneida territory in New York →	colonialEncroachmentBy
British West Indies dollar →	issuer
James Wright ("British colonial administration") →	memberOf
Connecticut Sons of Liberty →	opposedBy
Minutemen →	opposedTo
Japanese occupation of Malaya →	participant
Black Loyalists ("British authorities") →	promisedBy
Fort Michilimackinac ("British colonial forces") →	usedBy