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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Statements (47)

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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Referenced by (4)

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

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
Commons House of Assembly of Georgia → oppositeChamber → Governor's Council of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Governor’s Council of Georgia