Georgia Council of Safety

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The Georgia Council of Safety was a Revolutionary-era governing body in the Province of Georgia that oversaw military and civil affairs during the early stages of the American Revolution.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Georgia Council of Safety canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf provisional government ⓘ
revolutionary governing body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Province of Georgia ⓘ
basedOn model of colonial committees of safety ⓘ
category American Revolutionary War political bodies ⓘ
Defunct political institutions in Georgia ⓘ
History of Georgia (U.S. state) ⓘ
country Province of Georgia ⓘ
dissolved late 1770s ⓘ
governs civil administration in revolutionary Georgia ⓘ
military policy in revolutionary Georgia ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Georgia militia ⓘ
local committees of safety in Georgia ⓘ
provincial military forces in Georgia ⓘ
hasFunction coordination with Continental Congress ⓘ
enforcement of Continental Association measures in Georgia ⓘ
provisioning of troops ⓘ
regulation of trade related to the war effort ⓘ
security and public order ⓘ
supervision of loyalist activity ⓘ
hasRole coordination of colonial resistance ⓘ
oversight of civil affairs ⓘ
oversight of military affairs ⓘ
revolutionary governance ⓘ
hasTypeOfJurisdiction emergency powers ⓘ
executive authority ⓘ
military authority ⓘ
historicalPeriod Revolutionary era ⓘ
inception 1775 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedIn British America ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
opposedTo British royal authority in Georgia ⓘ
Loyalist factions in Georgia ⓘ
partOf American Revolution ⓘ
Patriot administrative structures in the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
politicalAlignment Patriot cause ⓘ
replacedBy republican state government of Georgia ⓘ
replaces royal government of Georgia ⓘ
temporalCoverage American Revolutionary War ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

John Houstoun → memberOf → Georgia Council of Safety ⓘ
Georgia Provincial Congress → followedBy → Georgia Council of Safety ⓘ