Commons House of Assembly of Georgia

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The Commons House of Assembly of Georgia was the lower house of the colonial legislature in the Province of Georgia under British rule.

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Label Occurrences
Commons House of Assembly of Georgia canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial legislative body ⓘ
lower house ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Province of Georgia ⓘ
royal colony of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of Georgia
basedOn model of the British House of Commons ⓘ
colonialPower Great Britain ⓘ
conflictWith royal governors of Georgia over taxation and policy ⓘ
constitutionalStatus colonial assembly chartered under royal authority ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dissolvedAsConsequenceOf American Revolutionary War ⓘ
transition from colony to U.S. state ⓘ
followedBy Georgia General Assembly ⓘ
governedBy standing rules of the colonial assembly ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the Province of Georgia ⓘ
hasAuthority to appropriate colonial revenues ⓘ
to petition the British Crown ⓘ
to regulate local affairs in the Province of Georgia ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver internal legislation of the Province of Georgia ⓘ
provincial taxation in Georgia ⓘ
hasRole lawmaking for the Province of Georgia ⓘ
representation of freeholders in Georgia ⓘ
taxation authority in the Province of Georgia ⓘ
historicalContext British colonial administration in North America ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Province of Georgia ⓘ
legislativeProcess passed bills subject to approval by Governor's Council and royal governor ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity British America ⓘ
Province of Georgia ⓘ
locatedInTime colonial period of Georgia ⓘ
meetsIn assembly chamber in Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
oppositeChamber Governor's Council of Georgia ⓘ
parentOrganization Parliamentary system of British America ⓘ
partOf colonial legislature of Georgia ⓘ
government of the Province of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Province of Georgia

system of colonial assemblies in British North America ⓘ
positionInLegislature lower chamber ⓘ
relatedTo Georgia General Assembly (post-independence legislature) ⓘ
Georgia colonial charter ⓘ
replacedBy Georgia House of Assembly under state constitution ⓘ
represented white male property owners in Georgia ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Savannah
subordinateTo British Crown ⓘ
royal governor of Georgia ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation territorial representation by parishes or districts ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ

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

Royal Government of Georgia → legislativeBody → Commons House of Assembly of Georgia ⓘ
subject linked to: royal government of Georgia