Massachusetts Provincial Congress government

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Massachusetts_Provincial_Congress_government
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf provisional government
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1780
gptkbp:established 1774
gptkbp:formed_in_response_to gptkb:Intolerable_Acts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Massachusetts Provincial Congress government
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Massachusetts_Provincial_Congress
gptkbp:location gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:met_in gptkb:Cambridge
gptkb:Concord
Watertown
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:James_Warren
gptkb:John_Hancock
gptkb:Joseph_Warren
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:Massachusetts_militia
gptkb:Committee_of_Supplies
gptkb:Committee_of_Safety
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Massachusetts_colonial_government
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Massachusetts_General_Court_under_state_constitution
gptkbp:role governed Massachusetts during the American Revolution
authorized raising of troops
functioned as de facto government of Massachusetts
issued currency
organized resistance to British rule
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Massachusetts_state_government
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Constitution_of_Massachusetts
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5