Massachusetts Provincial Congress

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The Massachusetts Provincial Congress was the revolutionary governing body that assumed control of Massachusetts in 1774–1775, organizing the colony’s resistance and military forces at the outset of the American Revolution.

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instanceOf provincial congress ⓘ
revolutionary governing body ⓘ
assumedControlOf Massachusetts government ⓘ
authorized formation of the Massachusetts Army ⓘ
raising of funds for military supplies ⓘ
category American Revolutionary bodies ⓘ
Former legislatures of the United States ⓘ
History of Massachusetts ⓘ
convenedAt Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ
Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ
country Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
dissolved 1775 ⓘ
establishedBy elected representatives of Massachusetts towns ⓘ
followedBy Massachusetts Provincial Congress Second Congress ⓘ
Massachusetts Provincial Congress Third Congress ⓘ
governmentType revolutionary provisional government ⓘ
hasShortName Provincial Congress of Massachusetts ⓘ
historicalRegion New England ⓘ
inception 1774 ⓘ
issued calls for raising minutemen companies ⓘ
resolutions rejecting the authority of the royal governor ⓘ
jurisdiction Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leader John Hancock ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf Massachusetts ⓘ
locatedIn Massachusetts ⓘ
meetsIn Massachusetts meetinghouses ⓘ
member James Warren ⓘ
Joseph Warren ⓘ
Samuel Adams ⓘ
metDuring First Continental Congress era ⓘ
opposedTo British imperial authority ⓘ
royal governor Thomas Gage ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Gage
organized Massachusetts military forces ⓘ
Massachusetts militia ⓘ
colonial resistance in Massachusetts ⓘ
partOf American Revolution ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies resistance movement ⓘ
precededBy Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
president John Hancock ⓘ
replaced Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
role de facto government of Massachusetts ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Bunker Hill ⓘ
Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
outbreak of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
timePeriod 1774–1775 ⓘ
usedCalendar Gregorian calendar ⓘ

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Massachusetts Provincial Artillery Regiment → governedBy → Massachusetts Provincial Congress ⓘ
Boston jail → governmentBy → Massachusetts colonial authorities ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts Provincial Congress
President of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress → partOf → Massachusetts Provincial Congress ⓘ
President of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress → legislativeBody → Massachusetts Provincial Congress ⓘ
President of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress → legislativeTerm → Massachusetts Provincial Congress sessions of 1774–1775 ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts Provincial Congress
Massachusetts Provincial Congress → followedBy → Massachusetts Provincial Congress Second Congress ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts Provincial Congress
Massachusetts Provincial Congress → followedBy → Massachusetts Provincial Congress Third Congress ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts Provincial Congress
Massachusetts Provincial Congress → hasShortName → Provincial Congress of Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts Provincial Congress
Military Governor of Massachusetts Bay → opposedBy → Massachusetts Provincial Congress ⓘ
James Warren → memberOf → Massachusetts Provincial Congress ⓘ
Action at the North Bridge → opposedAuthority → Provincial Congress of Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts Provincial Congress
Tristram Dalton → memberOf → Massachusetts Provincial Congress ⓘ
revolutionary government of Massachusetts → hasPart → Massachusetts Provincial Congress ⓘ
revolutionary government of Massachusetts → legislativeBody → Massachusetts Provincial Congress ⓘ