Massachusetts Bay Colony government

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony_government
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:colonial_administrator
gptkbp:abolished 1692
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Massachusetts_Bay_Charter
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Boston
gptkbp:charteredBy gptkb:King_Charles_I
gptkbp:establishedIn 1629
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Massachusetts_Bay_Colony
gptkbp:hadCharterRevoked 1684
gptkbp:hadElections annual
gptkbp:hadExecutive gptkb:Governor's_Council
gptkbp:hadFreemen yes
gptkbp:hadLegislature gptkb:General_Court
gptkbp:hadMagistrates yes
gptkbp:hadTownMeetings yes
gptkbp:headOfState gptkb:state_order
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Massachusetts Bay Colony government
gptkbp:legalSystem English common law
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_England
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Thomas_Dudley
gptkb:Richard_Bellingham
gptkb:John_Winthrop
gptkbp:religiousRequirementForOffice gptkb:Puritanism
gptkbp:restored Second Royal Charter 1691
gptkbp:restrictedFranchiseTo Puritan church members
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:General_Court_of_Massachusetts_Bay
gptkb:General_Court_of_Massachusetts_Bay_Colony
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7