Massachusetts Bay Colony charter
GPTKB entity
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
charter
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| gptkbp:allows |
local governance
Puritan_settlement |
| gptkbp:associated_with |
Puritan_ethics
|
| gptkbp:awardedBy |
1684
|
| gptkbp:challenges |
gptkb:the_English_Crown
|
| gptkbp:contains |
provisions_for_a_General_Court
|
| gptkbp:controversy |
gptkb:the_English_Parliament
|
| gptkbp:encouraged |
trade and commerce
|
| gptkbp:established |
gptkb:Massachusetts_Bay_Colony
legislative assembly town meetings theocratic governance |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Massachusetts Bay Colony charter
|
| gptkbp:includes |
land grants
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
later colonial charters
American_constitutional_development English_legal_traditions |
| gptkbp:instrument |
colonial_administration
|
| gptkbp:is_a |
gptkb:the_United_States_Constitution
legal document |
| gptkbp:is_a_document_that |
self-determination
regulated trade practices defined colonial rights established political legitimacy reflected colonial aspirations. shaped colonial identity defined_the_relationship_between_colonists_and_the_Crown |
| gptkbp:is_a_key_component_of |
New_England_colonial_history
|
| gptkbp:is_a_model_for |
other colonies
|
| gptkbp:is_a_platform_for |
gptkb:Massachusetts_government
land ownership colonial governance local governance structures community governance |
| gptkbp:is_a_source_of |
colonial law
the_British_government future_democratic_movements |
| gptkbp:is_a_subject_of |
historical analysis
|
| gptkbp:is_essential_for |
colonial autonomy
|
| gptkbp:is_evaluated_by |
colonial leaders
|
| gptkbp:is_part_of |
the colonial charter system
the_Puritan_migration |
| gptkbp:is_referenced_in |
legal cases
|
| gptkbp:is_used_in |
justify land claims
|
| gptkbp:issuedBy |
gptkb:King_Charles_I
|
| gptkbp:led_to |
conflicts_with_Native_Americans
|
| gptkbp:ledTo |
Great Migration
|
| gptkbp:provides |
judicial authority
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
to create a self-governing colony
|
| gptkbp:recognizes |
rights of colonists
|
| gptkbp:replacedBy |
gptkb:Massachusetts_Constitution
|
| gptkbp:significance |
foundation for colonial governance
|
| gptkbp:supported |
religious_freedom_for_Puritans
|
| gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for |
social and political change
|
| gptkbp:was_a_factor_in |
gptkb:the_American_Revolution
|
| gptkbp:was_a_result_of |
dissatisfaction_with_the_Church_of_England
|
| gptkbp:was_marked_by |
gptkb:John_Winthrop
|
| gptkbp:yearEstablished |
1629
|