First New York Provincial Congress

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Canadian_government
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:1776
gptkbp:formed 1775
gptkbp:historical_significance First organized government in New York during the Revolution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label First New York Provincial Congress
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:key_event Support for the Continental Congress
Declaration of Independence support
Establishment of a Committee of Safety
Adoption of resolutions against British policies
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_York
gptkbp:meeting_place gptkb:City_Hall,_New_York_City
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:George_Clinton
gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton
gptkb:John_Jay
gptkb:James_Duane
gptkb:Philip_Schuyler
gptkbp:number_of_delegates approximately 50
gptkbp:outcome Formation of a new state government
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:New_York_Committee_of_Correspondence
gptkbp:purpose Coordinate colonial resistance
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Patriot_movement
gptkb:New_York_Provincial_Congresses
gptkb:Revolutionary_War_Congresses
gptkb:Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States
gptkb:Sons_of_Liberty
gptkb:Continental_Army
gptkb:New_York_State_Constitution
gptkb:Declaration_of_the_Causes_and_Necessity_of_Taking_Up_Arms
gptkb:American_independence_movement
gptkb:colonialism
gptkb:Committees_of_Correspondence
American colonial history
Colonial resistance
Colonial governance
New York history
State sovereignty
American political history
Colonial legislatures
American Revolutionary leaders
Revolutionary War strategies
Revolutionary War politics
Civil disobedience in colonial America
Colonial rights and liberties
Grassroots movements in the 18th century
Historical documents of the American Revolution
Historical impact of the American Revolution
Legacy of the American Revolution
Military alliances during the Revolution
Political activism in the 18th century
Political change in America
Political history of New York
Political representation in colonial America
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Second_New_York_Provincial_Congress