Pennsylvania colonial government

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The Pennsylvania colonial government was the administrative and legislative system that governed the Province of Pennsylvania under British rule prior to the American Revolution.

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instanceOf British colonial administration
colonial government
appointedBy Proprietor of Pennsylvania
capital Philadelphia
characteristic protection of civil liberties for many settlers
strong legislative power of the Assembly
weakness of the proprietary executive
country Kingdom of Great Britain
currency Pennsylvania pound
dissolutionEvent American Revolution
dominantReligiousInfluence Religious Society of Friends
economicPolicy promotion of trade and agriculture
endCause Declaration of Independence by Pennsylvania and other colonies
endTime 1776
executiveHead Governor of Pennsylvania
Proprietor of Pennsylvania
founder William Penn
governedTerritory Province of Pennsylvania
hadBody Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly
Provincial Council of Pennsylvania
historicalPeriod Colonial America
influencedBy English common law
Quaker political ideals
judicialBody provincial courts of Pennsylvania
legalBasis Charter of Privileges of 1701
Frame of Government of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Charter of 1681
legislativeBody Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly
legislativeSystem unicameral legislature
location British North America
linked to: British America
notableGovernor James Logan
John Penn
Thomas Penn
William Penn
officialLanguage English
overlord British Crown
partOf Thirteen Colonies
politicalStatus British North American colony
proprietary colony
religiousPolicy religious toleration
replacedBy Commonwealth of Pennsylvania government
residenceOf Penn family proprietors
linked to: Penn family
significantEvent French and Indian War
Pennsylvania Assembly’s resistance to proprietary control
Stamp Act crisis
linked to: Stamp Act 1765

adoption of the Charter of Privileges (1701)
startTime 1681
subdivision Pennsylvania counties
upperChamber Provincial Council of Pennsylvania
votingSystem property-based suffrage for free men

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Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly positionHeldIn Pennsylvania colonial government
Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly partOf Government of colonial Pennsylvania
linked to: Pennsylvania colonial government
revolutionary government of Pennsylvania follows colonial government of Pennsylvania
linked to: Pennsylvania colonial government
Pennsylvania frontier governingAuthority Pennsylvania provincial government
linked to: Pennsylvania colonial government
Delaware colonial assembly partOf colonial government of Pennsylvania
linked to: Pennsylvania colonial government
Paxton Boys uprising hasParticipant Pennsylvania colonial government
Edmund Woolley associatedWith Pennsylvania colonial government
Richard Penn Jr. affiliation Province of Pennsylvania government
linked to: Pennsylvania colonial government
Quakerism in Pennsylvania influenced Pennsylvania colonial government