Massachusetts Charter of 1691

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Statements (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Monarch
gptkbp:allows gptkb:legislation
gptkb:local_governance
gptkb:legal_case
gptkbp:created_by gptkb:King_William_III
gptkbp:enacted_by 1692
reorganize colonial government
gptkbp:established gptkb:Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay
town meetings
Governor and Council
gptkbp:first_introduced gptkb:the_U._S._Constitution
gptkbp:historical_debate colonial assemblies
gptkbp:historical_documentation Massachusetts history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Massachusetts Charter of 1691
gptkbp:includes new boundaries
gptkbp:includes_provisions_for land grants
gptkbp:increased royal control
gptkbp:influenced American colonial governance
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:the_Enlightenment
English constitutional principles
gptkbp:is_a_basis_for colonial rights
gptkbp:is_a_document_that gptkb:Massachusetts_Bay_Colony
political significance
defined governance structure
gptkbp:is_a_framework_for future state constitutions
gptkbp:is_a_source_of gptkb:military_conflict
gptkbp:is_challenged_by colonial dissenters
gptkbp:is_essential_for gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:is_part_of British colonial policy
the transition to royal governance
gptkbp:is_recognized_by rights of the colonists
gptkbp:is_used_to justify colonial rights
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:Massachusetts_Constitution_of_1780
gptkbp:legal_issue gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:mandates established a new government
gptkbp:negotiated_by colonial interests and royal authority
gptkbp:principal defined citizenship rights.
provided for the appointment of judges
defined the powers of government
provided for public education
defined the relationship between church and state
established a militia system
established a system of courts
established a legislative assembly
provided for a governor
regulated land ownership
allowed for a council
allowed for the establishment of towns
expanded colonial rights
recognized the rights of citizens
regulated trade and commerce
gptkbp:provides governance framework
gptkbp:recorded_by religious freedom
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:Massachusetts_Constitution
gptkb:Massachusetts_Bay_Colony_Charter_of_1629
gptkbp:resulted_in political changes in England
gptkbp:signed_by October 7, 1691
gptkbp:significance gptkb:American_history
gptkbp:was_a_response_to gptkb:Glorious_Revolution
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay_(1774-1780)
gptkb:the_Massachusetts_Bay_Colony
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5