British colonial authorities in New Jersey

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British colonial authorities in New Jersey were the representatives of the British Crown who governed the colony prior to and during the early stages of the American Revolution, enforcing imperial policies that increasingly brought them into conflict with local revolutionary forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British imperial authority ⓘ
colonial government ⓘ
appliesPolicy Navigation Acts ⓘ
Stamp Act of 1765 ⓘ
linked to: Stamp Act 1765

Tea Act of 1773 ⓘ
linked to: Tea Act

Townshend Acts ⓘ
imperial taxation policy ⓘ
imperial trade regulations ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction New Jersey ⓘ
Province of New Jersey ⓘ
appliesToPart East Jersey ⓘ
West Jersey ⓘ
appointedBy British Crown ⓘ
conflictWith Continental Congress ⓘ
New Jersey Provincial Congress ⓘ
Patriots in New Jersey ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
endTime 1776 ⓘ
enforcedBy British Army in North America ⓘ
British Royal Navy ⓘ
linked to: Royal Navy
governs colonial economy of New Jersey ⓘ
colonial legal system of New Jersey ⓘ
elections to the colonial assembly of New Jersey ⓘ
land policy in New Jersey ⓘ
militia regulation in New Jersey ⓘ
hasPart British military commanders in New Jersey ⓘ
colonial assembly of New Jersey ⓘ
imperial customs officials in New Jersey ⓘ
provincial council of New Jersey ⓘ
royal governors of New Jersey ⓘ
royal judiciary in New Jersey ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
location Burlington ⓘ
Perth Amboy ⓘ
Trenton ⓘ
opposedBy Sons of Liberty in New Jersey ⓘ
local revolutionary committees in New Jersey ⓘ
religion Anglicanism (official affiliation of many officeholders) ⓘ
replacedBy State government of New Jersey ⓘ
significantEvent dissolution of colonial assembly sessions ⓘ
enforcement of the Stamp Act in New Jersey ⓘ
replacement by revolutionary government in 1776 ⓘ
resistance to the Tea Act in New Jersey ⓘ
startTime 1664 ⓘ
subclassOf British colonial administration in North America ⓘ
government of the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
timePeriod American Revolutionary War (early stages) ⓘ
colonial era ⓘ
pre‑American Revolutionary period ⓘ

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revolutionary government of New Jersey → conflict → British colonial authorities in New Jersey ⓘ
Cortlandt Skinner → governmentServed → British colonial administration in New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: British colonial authorities in New Jersey