Delaware colonial assembly

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The Delaware colonial assembly was the legislative body of the Delaware Colony under British rule, responsible for making local laws and representing colonists’ interests before independence.

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instanceOf colonial legislature
historical organization
unicameral legislature
alsoKnownAs Assembly of the Lower Counties on Delaware
Delaware General Assembly (colonial era)
appliesToJurisdiction Delaware Colony
authorizedBy Crown of Great Britain
proprietary charter of Pennsylvania
country Delaware Colony
dissolved 1776
followedBy Delaware General Assembly
governmentType proprietary colony legislature
hasPart House of Assembly of the Three Lower Counties on Delaware
hasRole lawmaking body
local self-government
representation of colonists
taxation authority
historicalPeriod British rule in North America
colonial era
inception 1704
jurisdiction civil law in Delaware Colony
local taxation in Delaware Colony
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalForm colonial assembly
legislativeBodyFor Delaware Colony
legislativeProcess representative assembly
unicameral
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity British America
Delaware Colony
Province of Pennsylvania
Thirteen Colonies
meetsIn Dover, Delaware
Kent County, Delaware
New Castle County, Delaware
New Castle, Delaware
Sussex County, Delaware
partOf colonial government of Pennsylvania
government of Delaware Colony
linked to: Delaware Colony
replacedBy Delaware state legislature
represents colonists in Delaware Colony
freeholders of the Three Lower Counties on Delaware
significantEvent assertion of separate assembly from Pennsylvania in 1704
participation in movement toward American independence
subordinateTo British Crown
governor of Pennsylvania
proprietor of Pennsylvania
territorialExtent Kent County
New Castle County
Sussex County

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Delaware General Assembly precededBy Delaware colonial assembly
The Green (New Castle) associatedWith colonial government of Delaware
linked to: Delaware colonial assembly
Delaware colonial assembly hasPart House of Assembly of the Three Lower Counties on Delaware
linked to: Delaware colonial assembly
Delaware colonial assembly alsoKnownAs Assembly of the Lower Counties on Delaware
linked to: Delaware colonial assembly
Delaware colonial assembly alsoKnownAs Delaware General Assembly (colonial era)
linked to: Delaware colonial assembly