Massachusetts Bay Colony Charter
GPTKB entity
Properties (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
charter
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| gptkbp:allows |
elected officials
self-governance |
| gptkbp:defines |
territorial boundaries
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| gptkbp:encouraged |
settlement
|
| gptkbp:established |
gptkb:Massachusetts_Bay_Colony
gptkb:General_Court town meetings |
| gptkbp:grantDate |
gptkb:Puritans
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| gptkbp:hasCitations |
gptkb:Puritan_migration
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Massachusetts Bay Colony Charter
|
| gptkbp:includes |
provisions for trade
rights of the colonists |
| gptkbp:influenced |
American_legal_system
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| gptkbp:isChallengedBy |
gptkb:John_Winthrop
gptkb:Massachusetts_General_Court |
| gptkbp:isCitedIn |
legal disputes
|
| gptkbp:isDedicatedTo |
political conflicts
|
| gptkbp:isFacilitatedBy |
Royalists
colonial governors |
| gptkbp:isFiledIn |
English
|
| gptkbp:isIncorporatedIn |
Massachusetts_law
|
| gptkbp:isInfluencedBy |
gptkb:American_Revolution
mercantilism Puritan_beliefs |
| gptkbp:isInvolvedIn |
1684
|
| gptkbp:isRecognizedFor |
self-rule
establishing democracy American_history |
| gptkbp:isRelatedTo |
English Civil War
colonial charters |
| gptkbp:issuedBy |
gptkb:King_Charles_I
|
| gptkbp:isUsedBy |
model for other colonies
a governance document establish legal authority justify colonial actions |
| gptkbp:isUtilizedFor |
economic opportunities
escape religious persecution |
| gptkbp:isVisitedBy |
colonists
|
| gptkbp:ledTo |
Great Migration
|
| gptkbp:provides |
legal framework
land grants |
| gptkbp:recognizes |
religious freedom
|
| gptkbp:replacedBy |
gptkb:Massachusetts_Constitution
|
| gptkbp:wasAffecting |
colonial governance
land ownership rights colonial_administration colonial_relations_with_Native_Americans |
| gptkbp:wasEducatedAt |
economic development
establishing a colony creating a theocratic government |
| gptkbp:wasPartOf |
gptkb:New_England_colonies
gptkb:Colonial_America charter colonies colonial governance structure |
| gptkbp:yearEstablished |
1629
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