Governor’s Council of Georgia

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The Governor’s Council of Georgia was a colonial-era advisory and executive body that assisted the royal governor in administering the Province of Georgia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf advisory body
colonial governing council
executive body
appliesToJurisdiction British America
British colonial policy in the southern colonies
Province of Georgia
colonial legislature of Georgia
royal colony of Georgia
linked to: Colony of Georgia

royal governor of Georgia
royal period of Georgia (1754–1776)
appointedBy Board of Trade
British Crown
country Kingdom of Great Britain
dissolutionCause American Revolutionary movement in Georgia
dissolved 1776
followedBy State government of Georgia
follows Trustees’ government of Georgia
governingBodyOf Province of Georgia
hasAuthorityOver executive decisions of the colony
provincial legislation approval
some judicial appeals
hasFunction advising on appointments
advising on defense and Indian affairs
advising on land grants
issuing ordinances with the governor
serving as a court of errors in some periods
hasNumberOfMembers 12
hasPart royal councillor
hasRole advising the royal governor
assisting in executive administration
judicial functions in some cases
upper house of the colonial legislature
historicalPeriod colonial era
pre-American Revolution
inception 1754
location Province of Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
linked to: Savannah
meetsIn Savannah
memberOf imperial governance structure of the British Empire
partOf British colonial administration in North America
linked to: British America

colonial government of Georgia
replacedBy Council of Safety of Georgia
revolutionary provincial congress of Georgia
replaces Trustees’ administrative council in Georgia
subordinateTo Board of Trade
British Privy Council
linked to: Privy Council

British monarch

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Commons House of Assembly coexistsWith Governor’s Council of Georgia
Commons House of Assembly coequalsWith Governor’s Council of Georgia
Royal Government of Georgia legislativeBody Governor's Council of Georgia
subject linked to: royal government of Georgia
linked to: Governor’s Council of Georgia