General Court of Massachusetts Bay

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	legislative body
gptkbp:attendance	1630
gptkbp:commander	Governor
gptkbp:court	limited
gptkbp:dissolved	1686
gptkbp:electionYear	direct election
gptkbp:established	1630
gptkbp:function	law-making
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Boston
gptkbp:historical_significance	first representative assembly in the New World
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	General Court of Massachusetts Bay
gptkbp:influence	colonial governance
gptkbp:key_figure	gptkb:Edward_Winslow gptkb:Samuel_Sewall gptkb:John_Winthrop gptkb:Henry_Dunster gptkb:John_Winthrop_Jr. gptkb:Joseph_Dudley gptkb:John_Cotton gptkb:John_Winthrop_the_Younger gptkb:Richard_Bellingham gptkb:William_Pynchon gptkb:John_Smith gptkb:John_Norton gptkb:Thomas_Prence gptkb:John_Alden gptkb:John_Leverett gptkb:Samuel_Gorton gptkb:Thomas_Hooker gptkb:John_Clarke gptkb:John_Endecott gptkb:William_Bradford gptkb:Thomas_Dudley gptkb:Richard_Saltonstall gptkb:John_Whiting gptkb:William_Vassall gptkb:Sir_Edmund_Andros gptkb:John_Richards gptkb:William_Stoughton gptkb:John_Haynes Increase Mather Thomas Mayhew
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:legislation	gptkb:Massachusetts_Body_of_Liberties
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:members	freemen
gptkbp:notableFeature	1686
gptkbp:related_to	gptkb:Puritanism
gptkbp:replacedBy	gptkb:Dominion_of_New_England
gptkbp:session	annual
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Massachusetts_General_Court
gptkbp:type	bicameral legislature