Georgia Provincial Congress

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The Georgia Provincial Congress was a revolutionary governing body that represented Georgia’s colonists and coordinated the colony’s break from British rule during the American Revolution.

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Georgia Provincial Congress canonical 4

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical organization ⓘ
provincial congress ⓘ
revolutionary governing body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Georgia (British colony) ⓘ
linked to: Colony of Georgia

State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia
basedOn model of other colonial provincial congresses ⓘ
category American Revolution in Georgia ⓘ
Defunct legislatures of the United States ⓘ
Former political institutions in Georgia ⓘ
Revolutionary governments of the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
country Province of Georgia ⓘ
dissolvedIn late 18th century ⓘ
followedBy Georgia Council of Safety ⓘ
Georgia General Assembly ⓘ
governmentType colonial representative assembly ⓘ
revolutionary provisional government ⓘ
hasPoliticalAlignment American independence movement ⓘ
Patriot ⓘ
hasPurpose to coordinate Georgia’s break from British rule ⓘ
to represent Georgia’s colonists ⓘ
hasRole coordination of resistance to British rule ⓘ
governing body for Georgia colonists ⓘ
organizing break from British rule ⓘ
provisional government ⓘ
representative assembly ⓘ
revolutionary legislature ⓘ
historicalRegion Southern Colonies ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Georgia colonists ⓘ
locatedIn British America ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
opposedTo British imperial authority in Georgia ⓘ
royal governor of Georgia ⓘ
participantIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
movement for American independence ⓘ
partOf American Revolution ⓘ
Patriot movement ⓘ
replaced royal government of Georgia ⓘ
royal governor’s authority in Georgia ⓘ
significantEvent coordination of Georgia’s separation from British rule ⓘ
representation of Georgia colonists in revolutionary politics ⓘ
temporalCoverage American Revolutionary period ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

John Houstoun → memberOf → Georgia Provincial Congress ⓘ
Button Gwinnett → legislativeBodyMemberOf → Georgia Provincial Congress ⓘ
Archibald Bulloch → memberOf → Georgia Provincial Congress ⓘ
Noble Wimberly Jones → memberOf → Georgia Provincial Congress ⓘ