Massachusetts colonial legislature

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The Massachusetts colonial legislature was the governing body of the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the colonial era, responsible for making laws, levying taxes, and overseeing public institutions in the colony.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial legislature
legislative body
provincial assembly
alternativeName General Court of Massachusetts Bay
Great and General Court of Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts General Court (colonial)
appliesToJurisdiction Massachusetts Bay Colony
Province of Massachusetts Bay
authorityDerivedFrom charter granted by William III and Mary II
capital Boston
country Province of Massachusetts Bay
dissolved 1776
endTime 1776
establishedBy royal charter of 1691
function appropriating public funds
issuing resolves and declarations
lawmaking
levying taxes
organizing colonial militia
overseeing public institutions
petitioning the Crown
regulating trade within the colony
governmentType representative assembly
hasPart General Court of Massachusetts (colonial)
Massachusetts Governor's Council
Massachusetts House of Representatives (colonial)
historicalPeriod British colonial America
linked to: Colonial America

colonial era
influencedBy Puritan political traditions
language English
legalSystem English common law
legislativeBodyFor Province of Massachusetts Bay
legislativeBranch Massachusetts House of Representatives (colonial)
location Boston
lowerHouse Massachusetts House of Representatives (colonial)
meetsIn Massachusetts State House (colonial sites)
partOf government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
replacedBy Massachusetts General Court
Massachusetts state legislature
selectionMethod elected representatives from towns
significantEvent conflict with royal governors over taxation
dissolutions by royal governors
meeting in defiance of royal authority
resistance to the Stamp Act
resistance to the Townshend Acts
role in pre-Revolutionary protests
startTime 1691
subordinateTo British Crown
royal governor of Massachusetts Bay
upperHouse Massachusetts Governor's Council

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Harvard University foundedBy Massachusetts colonial legislature
Salem witch trials aftermath Massachusetts granted compensation to some victims and heirs
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Massachusetts colonial legislature alternativeName General Court of Massachusetts Bay
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Massachusetts colonial legislature alternativeName Massachusetts General Court (colonial)
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Massachusetts General Court precededBy Massachusetts colonial legislature
the college at Newtowne establishedBy Massachusetts Bay Colony General Court
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Massachusetts State House (colonial sites) associatedWith Massachusetts colonial government
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Thomas Gage opposedBy Massachusetts Provincial Congress
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royal charter of Massachusetts Bay authorizedBody Massachusetts Bay General Court
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royal charter of Massachusetts Bay authorizedBody Massachusetts Bay assistants (magistrates)
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New England political institutions includes Plymouth General Court
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Superior Court of Judicature precededBy Court of Assistants of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Colonial Records of Massachusetts Bay includes acts and resolves of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Massachusetts state legislature precededBy Massachusetts colonial legislature
William Stoughton partOf Massachusetts colonial government
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John Hathorne memberOf Massachusetts colonial judiciary
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General Courts (colonial New England) hasPart Massachusetts General Court (colonial)
subject linked to: general courts
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Sugar Act 1764 criticizedBy Massachusetts colonial assembly
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John Hancock memberOf Massachusetts Provincial Congress
subject linked to: John
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Deputy Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay positionInOrganization Government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Falmouth, Maine (then part of Massachusetts Bay Colony) governedBy General Court of Massachusetts Bay
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Massachusetts pound monetaryAuthority Massachusetts colonial government
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William Pynchon memberOf Massachusetts Bay Colony General Court
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Anne Marbury opposedBy Massachusetts Bay Colony General Court
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Massachusetts provincial forces fundedBy Province of Massachusetts Bay treasury
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Massachusetts Bay Colony militia subordinateTo colonial council of Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Simon Bradstreet memberOf Massachusetts colonial government
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Prince Hall wroteTo Massachusetts legislature
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Military Governor of Massachusetts Bay hasAuthorityOver Massachusetts colonial legislature (in practice, limited)
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Boston Gazette foundedBy the government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
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