Council of Safety of Georgia

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The Council of Safety of Georgia was a Revolutionary-era governing body that assumed executive authority in the colony of Georgia after royal administration collapsed, overseeing military and civil affairs during the transition to independence.

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Label Occurrences
Council of Safety of Georgia canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf provisional government
revolutionary governing body
appliesToJurisdiction Georgia
country Province of Georgia
followedBy independent state government of Georgia
revolutionary government of Georgia
governs civil affairs in Georgia
military affairs in Georgia
hasActivity coordination of military defense
implementation of revolutionary policies
supervision of civil affairs
support for independence movement
hasHistoricalSignificance early executive authority for revolutionary Georgia
transition from royal colony to independent state
hasPoliticalAlignment Patriot
hasRole civil administration
executive authority
military oversight
revolutionary leadership
hasTimePeriod American Revolutionary War
Revolutionary era
locatedIn British America
Georgia
Thirteen Colonies
opposedBy British colonial authorities
Loyalists in Georgia
linked to: American Loyalists
partOf American Revolution
replaces colonial administration of Georgia
royal government of Georgia

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

Governor’s Council of Georgia replacedBy Council of Safety of Georgia
Archibald Bulloch memberOf Council of Safety of Georgia