Francis Bernard

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British colonial administrator person royal governor

Francis Bernard was an 18th-century British colonial administrator who served as royal governor of Massachusetts Bay in the years leading up to the American Revolution.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sir Francis Bernard	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colonial administrator ⓘ person ⓘ royal governor ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Stamp Act crisis ⓘ Townshend Acts resistance ⓘ pre-Revolutionary tensions in Massachusetts ⓘ
colonyGoverned	Province of Massachusetts Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	political conflict with Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
employer	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
familyName	Bernard NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Francis NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedFromCity	Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ
implementedPolicy	British taxation measures in the colonies ⓘ
knownFor	correspondence with British officials about colonial unrest ⓘ unpopularity among Boston radicals ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm	George II NERFINISHED ⓘ George III NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Francis Bernard NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	enforcement of British imperial policies in Massachusetts ⓘ role in events leading up to the American Revolution ⓘ
notableRole	royal governor in the years leading up to the American Revolution ⓘ
occupation	colonial administrator ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
opposedBy	American colonial patriots ⓘ Boston merchants NERFINISHED ⓘ Massachusetts colonial assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Loyalist ⓘ
positionHeld	Governor of New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
residence	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Massachusetts Bay Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ New Jersey Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ
supported	British parliamentary authority over American colonies ⓘ

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

Province House, Boston → governorResident → Francis Bernard ⓘ

Bernards Township, New Jersey → namedFor → Francis Bernard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir Francis Bernard