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32 relations: Adjournment, American Revolution, Annapolis Convention (1774–1776), Charter colony, Colonial government in the Thirteen Colonies, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Committees of correspondence, Consent of the governed, Continental Association, Continental Congress, Delaware Colony, First Continental Congress, Georgia in the American Revolution, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Lords, Intolerable Acts, John Penn (governor), Jonathan Trumbull, Massachusetts Circular Letter, Massachusetts Provincial Congress, Natural and legal rights, New York Provincial Congress, Nicholas Cooke, North Carolina Provincial Congress, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Pennsylvania Provincial Conference, Proclamation of Rebellion, Proprietary colony, Province of Pennsylvania, Provincial Congress of New Jersey, Thirteen Colonies, U.S. state.
Adjournment
In parliamentary procedure, an adjournment ends a meeting.
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American Revolution
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783.
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Annapolis Convention (1774–1776)
The Annapolis Convention was an Assembly of the Counties of Maryland that functioned as the colony's provincial government from 1774 to 1776 during the early days leading up to the American Revolution.
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Charter colony
Charter colony is one of three classes of colonial government established in the 17th century English colonies in North America, the other classes being proprietary colony and royal colony.
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Colonial government in the Thirteen Colonies
Colonial government in the Thirteen Colonies of North America shared many attributes.
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Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of North America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean.
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Committees of correspondence
The committees of correspondence were shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution.
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Consent of the governed
In political philosophy, the phrase consent of the governed refers to the idea that a government's legitimacy and moral right to use state power is only justified and lawful when consented to by the people or society over which that political power is exercised.
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Continental Association
The Continental Association, often known simply as the "Association", was a system created by the First Continental Congress in 1774 for implementing a trade boycott with Great Britain.
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Continental Congress
The Continental Congress, also known as the Philadelphia Congress, was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies.
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Delaware Colony
Delaware Colony in the North American Middle Colonies consisted of land on the west bank of the Delaware River Bay.
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First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution.
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Georgia in the American Revolution
Georgia in the American Revolution refers to the role of the Province (and later State) of Georgia, which was a significant battleground in the American Revolution.
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House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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House of Lords
The House of Lords of the United Kingdom, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts was the term invented by 19th century historians to refer to a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.
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John Penn (governor)
John Penn (14 July 1729 – 9 February 1795) was the last governor of colonial Pennsylvania, serving in that office from 1763 to 1771 and from 1773 to 1776.
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Jonathan Trumbull
Jonathan Trumbull Sr. (October 12, 1710August 17, 1785) (the original spelling "Trumble" was changed for an unknown reason) was the only man who served as governor in both an English colony and an American state, and he was the only governor at the start of the American Revolutionary War to take up the Patriot cause.
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Massachusetts Circular Letter
The Massachusetts Circular Letter was a statement written by Samuel Adams and James Otis Jr., and passed by the Massachusetts House of Representatives (as constituted in the government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, not the current constitution) in February 1768 in response to the Townshend Acts.
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Massachusetts Provincial Congress
The Massachusetts Provincial Congress (1774–1780) was a provisional government created in the Province of Massachusetts Bay early in the American Revolution.
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Natural and legal rights
Natural and legal rights are two types of rights.
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New York Provincial Congress
The New York Provincial Congress (1775-1777) was an organization formed by colonists in 1775, during the American Revolution, as a pro-American alternative to the more conservative Province of New York Assembly, and as a replacement for the Committee of One Hundred.
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Nicholas Cooke
Nicholas Cooke (February 3, 1717September 14, 1782) was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations during the American Revolutionary War, and after Rhode Island became a state, he continued in this position to become the first Governor of the State of Rhode Island.
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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.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories.
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Pennsylvania Provincial Conference
The Pennsylvania Provincial Conference (June 18–25, 1776) was a meeting of pro-independent state activist who ratified the May 15 Resolution of the Continental Congress and planned the mobilization of state militias.
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Proclamation of Rebellion
The Proclamation of Rebellion, officially titled A Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition, was the response of George III of Great Britain to the news of the Battle of Bunker Hill at the outset of the American Revolutionary War.
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Proprietary colony
A proprietary colony was a type of British colony mostly in North America and the Caribbean in the 17th century.
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Province of Pennsylvania
The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was founded in English North America by William Penn on March 4, 1681 as dictated in a royal charter granted by King Charles II.
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Provincial Congress of New Jersey
The Provincial Congress of New Jersey was a transitional governing body of the Province of New Jersey in the early part of the American Revolution.
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Thirteen Colonies
The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the east coast of North America founded in the 17th and 18th centuries that declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States of America.
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U.S. state
A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincial_Congress
