Assistants of Connecticut Colony

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The Assistants of Connecticut Colony were a group of magistrates who, alongside the governor and deputies, formed the upper tier of the colonial government and helped administer law and policy in the Connecticut Colony.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial magistrate body ⓘ
governmental institution ⓘ
upper house of colonial legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Connecticut Colony ⓘ
Fairfield County ⓘ
General Court of Connecticut ⓘ
Hartford County ⓘ
Litchfield County ⓘ
New Haven County ⓘ
New London County ⓘ
Windham County ⓘ
colonial courts of Connecticut ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
describedAs upper tier of the colonial government of Connecticut Colony ⓘ
endCause transition to State of Connecticut government ⓘ
endTime 18th century ⓘ
establishedInPeriod 17th century ⓘ
followed Assistants of New Haven Colony ⓘ
follows magistrates of the River Towns ⓘ
governs implementation of colonial laws in Connecticut Colony ⓘ
public policy of Connecticut Colony ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver colonial judiciary of Connecticut Colony ⓘ
local town governments in Connecticut Colony ⓘ
militia organization in Connecticut Colony ⓘ
hasFunction administration of colonial law ⓘ
advising the governor ⓘ
judicial authority ⓘ
legislative authority ⓘ
policy making ⓘ
hasMeetingPlace Hartford ⓘ
New Haven ⓘ
hasPart colonial magistrate ⓘ
hasRole assistant to the governor ⓘ
magistrate ⓘ
member of colonial council ⓘ
legalBasis Connecticut Charter of 1662 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity New England ⓘ
numberOfMembers variable ⓘ
partOf Connecticut Colony ⓘ
General Court of Connecticut ⓘ
colonial government of Connecticut ⓘ
replacedBy Connecticut Council ⓘ
Connecticut State Senate ⓘ
selectionMethod election by freemen ⓘ
startTime 17th century ⓘ
subordinateTo English Crown ⓘ
workedWith Governor of Connecticut Colony ⓘ
deputies of Connecticut Colony ⓘ

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Assistants of Connecticut Colony → followed → Assistants of New Haven Colony ⓘ
linked to: Assistants of Connecticut Colony