Pennsylvania colonial government

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The Pennsylvania colonial government was the administrative and legislative system that governed the Province of Pennsylvania under British rule prior to the American Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial administration ⓘ
colonial government ⓘ
appointedBy Proprietor of Pennsylvania ⓘ
capital Philadelphia ⓘ
characteristic protection of civil liberties for many settlers ⓘ
strong legislative power of the Assembly ⓘ
weakness of the proprietary executive ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
currency Pennsylvania pound ⓘ
dissolutionEvent American Revolution ⓘ
dominantReligiousInfluence Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
economicPolicy promotion of trade and agriculture ⓘ
endCause Declaration of Independence by Pennsylvania and other colonies ⓘ
endTime 1776 ⓘ
executiveHead Governor of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Proprietor of Pennsylvania ⓘ
founder William Penn ⓘ
governedTerritory Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ
hadBody Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly ⓘ
Provincial Council of Pennsylvania ⓘ
historicalPeriod Colonial America ⓘ
influencedBy English common law ⓘ
Quaker political ideals ⓘ
judicialBody provincial courts of Pennsylvania ⓘ
legalBasis Charter of Privileges of 1701 ⓘ
Frame of Government of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania Charter of 1681 ⓘ
legislativeBody Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly ⓘ
legislativeSystem unicameral legislature ⓘ
location British North America ⓘ
linked to: British America
notableGovernor James Logan ⓘ
John Penn ⓘ
Thomas Penn ⓘ
William Penn ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
overlord British Crown ⓘ
partOf Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
politicalStatus British North American colony ⓘ
proprietary colony ⓘ
religiousPolicy religious toleration ⓘ
replacedBy Commonwealth of Pennsylvania government ⓘ
residenceOf Penn family proprietors ⓘ
linked to: Penn family
significantEvent French and Indian War ⓘ
Pennsylvania Assembly’s resistance to proprietary control ⓘ
Stamp Act crisis ⓘ
linked to: Stamp Act 1765

adoption of the Charter of Privileges (1701) ⓘ
startTime 1681 ⓘ
subdivision Pennsylvania counties ⓘ
upperChamber Provincial Council of Pennsylvania ⓘ
votingSystem property-based suffrage for free men ⓘ

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Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly → positionHeldIn → Pennsylvania colonial government ⓘ
Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly → partOf → Government of colonial Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania colonial government
revolutionary government of Pennsylvania → follows → colonial government of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania colonial government
Pennsylvania frontier → governingAuthority → Pennsylvania provincial government ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania colonial government
Delaware colonial assembly → partOf → colonial government of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania colonial government
Paxton Boys uprising → hasParticipant → Pennsylvania colonial government ⓘ
Edmund Woolley → associatedWith → Pennsylvania colonial government ⓘ
Richard Penn Jr. → affiliation → Province of Pennsylvania government ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania colonial government
Quakerism in Pennsylvania → influenced → Pennsylvania colonial government ⓘ