Provincial Congress
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"Provincial Congress" can refer to one of several extra-legal legislative bodies established in some of the Thirteen Colonies
early in the American Revolution
. These bodies were generally renamed or replaced with other bodies when the provinces declared themselves states.
They include:
Analogous bodies include:
Thirteen Colonies
The Thirteen Colonies were English and later British colonies established on the Atlantic coast of North America between 1607 and 1733. They declared their independence in the American Revolution and formed the United States of America...
early in the American Revolution
American Revolution
The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...
. These bodies were generally renamed or replaced with other bodies when the provinces declared themselves states.
They include:
- Massachusetts Provincial CongressMassachusetts Provincial CongressThe Massachusetts Provincial Congress was a provisional government created in the Province of Massachusetts Bay early in the American Revolution....
- North Carolina Provincial CongressNorth Carolina Provincial CongressThe North Carolina Provincial Congresses were extra-legal unicameral legislative bodies formed in 1774 through 1776 by the people of the Province of North Carolina, independent of the British colonial government.-First Provincial Congress:...
- New York Provincial CongressNew York Provincial CongressThe New York Provincial Congress was an organization formed by rebels in 1775, during the American Revolution, as a pro-rebellion alternative to the more conservative Province of New York Assembly, and as a replacement for the Committee of One Hundred.A Provincial Convention assembled in New York...
- Provincial Congress of New JerseyProvincial Congress of New JerseyThe Provincial Congress of New Jersey was a transitional governing body of the Province of New Jersey in the early part of the American Revolution. It first met in 1775 with representatives from all New Jersey's then-thirteen counties, to supersede the Royal Governor...
- South Carolina Provincial Congress
- Georgia Provincial Congress
- New Hampshire Provincial Congress
Analogous bodies include:
- Annapolis Convention (1774–1776)
- Virginia ConventionsVirginia ConventionsThe Virginia Conventions were a series of five political meetings in the Colony of Virginia during the American Revolution. Because the House of Burgesses had been dissolved in 1774 by Royal Governor Lord Dunmore, the conventions served as a revolutionary provisional government until the...