revolutionary provincial congress of Georgia
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The Revolutionary Provincial Congress of Georgia was an extralegal assembly of colonial delegates that assumed governance of Georgia during the American Revolution, organizing resistance to British rule and laying groundwork for statehood.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| revolutionary provincial congress of Georgia canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
extralegal governing body
ⓘ
provincial congress ⓘ revolutionary assembly ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composition | delegates from Georgia’s parishes and districts ⓘ |
| country | Province of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
histories of the American Revolution in Georgia
ⓘ
scholarship on early Georgia statehood ⓘ |
| endTime | late 1770s ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
coordination of resistance to British rule
ⓘ
drafting revolutionary resolutions and ordinances ⓘ selection of delegates to the Continental Congress ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
military organization in revolutionary Georgia
ⓘ
raising troops for the Continental Army from Georgia ⓘ regulation of trade and supplies in revolutionary Georgia ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
assumed governance of Georgia during the American Revolution
ⓘ
laid groundwork for Georgia statehood ⓘ organized resistance to British rule in Georgia ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
establishment of self-government in Georgia
ⓘ
resistance to British imperial authority in Georgia ⓘ |
| hasMember | patriot leaders of Georgia ⓘ |
| hasRole |
de facto government of Georgia
ⓘ
organ of colonial resistance ⓘ revolutionary legislature ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | extralegal ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
British authorities in Georgia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Loyalists in Georgia ⓘ |
| partOf |
American Revolution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
network of provincial congresses in the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
American independence movement
ⓘ
Patriot cause ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Constitutional government of the State of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaces |
royal government of Georgia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
royal governor of Georgia ⓘ |
| significantEvent | alignment of Georgia with the other rebelling colonies ⓘ |
| significantOutcome |
erosion of royal authority in Georgia
ⓘ
transition from colony of Georgia to State of Georgia ⓘ |
| startTime | 1775 ⓘ |
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