revolutionary provincial congress of Georgia

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The Revolutionary Provincial Congress of Georgia was an extralegal assembly of colonial delegates that assumed governance of Georgia during the American Revolution, organizing resistance to British rule and laying groundwork for statehood.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf extralegal governing body ⓘ
provincial congress ⓘ
revolutionary assembly ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Georgia ⓘ
composition delegates from Georgia’s parishes and districts ⓘ
country Province of Georgia ⓘ
describedBySource histories of the American Revolution in Georgia ⓘ
scholarship on early Georgia statehood ⓘ
endTime late 1770s ⓘ
hasActivity coordination of resistance to British rule ⓘ
drafting revolutionary resolutions and ordinances ⓘ
selection of delegates to the Continental Congress ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver military organization in revolutionary Georgia ⓘ
raising troops for the Continental Army from Georgia ⓘ
regulation of trade and supplies in revolutionary Georgia ⓘ
hasEffect assumed governance of Georgia during the American Revolution ⓘ
laid groundwork for Georgia statehood ⓘ
organized resistance to British rule in Georgia ⓘ
hasGoal establishment of self-government in Georgia ⓘ
resistance to British imperial authority in Georgia ⓘ
hasMember patriot leaders of Georgia ⓘ
hasRole de facto government of Georgia ⓘ
organ of colonial resistance ⓘ
revolutionary legislature ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary War ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalStatus extralegal ⓘ
locatedIn British America ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
opposedBy British authorities in Georgia ⓘ
Loyalists in Georgia ⓘ
partOf American Revolution ⓘ
network of provincial congresses in the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
politicalAlignment American independence movement ⓘ
Patriot cause ⓘ
replacedBy Constitutional government of the State of Georgia ⓘ
replaces royal government of Georgia ⓘ
royal governor of Georgia ⓘ
significantEvent alignment of Georgia with the other rebelling colonies ⓘ
significantOutcome erosion of royal authority in Georgia ⓘ
transition from colony of Georgia to State of Georgia ⓘ
startTime 1775 ⓘ

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Governor’s Council of Georgia → replacedBy → revolutionary provincial congress of Georgia ⓘ