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	"Provincial Congress" can refer to one of several extra-legal legislative bodies established in some of the Thirteen Colonies Thirteen Colonies The Thirteen Colonies were part of what became known as British America, a name that was used by Great Britain until the Treaty of Paris recognized the independence of the original thirteen United States of America in 1783.... early in the American Revolution American Revolution The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the British Empire and then rejected the British monarchy to become the sovereign United States of America.... . These bodies were generally renamed or replaced with other bodies when the provinces declared themselves states. They include: Massachusetts Provincial Congress Massachusetts Provincial Congress The Massachusetts Provincial Congress was a provisional government created in the Province of Massachusetts Bay early in the American Revolution.... North Carolina Provincial Congress North Carolina Provincial Congress The 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.... New York Provincial Congress New York Provincial Congress The New York Provincial Congress was an organization formed by rebels in 1775, during the American Revolution, as a replacement for the Province of New York Assembly, and as a replacement for the Committee of Sixty.... Provincial Congress of New Jersey Provincial Congress of New Jersey The Provincial Congress of New Jersey was a transitional governing body 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.... South Carolina Provincial Congress Georgia Provincial Congress New Hampshire Provincial Congress Analogous bodies include: Annapolis Convention (1774–1776) Virginia Conventions Virginia Conventions The 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 John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, the conventions served as a revolutionary provisional government until the establishment of the independent Vi...