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The governor's council also functioned as the upper house of the colonial legislature. In most colonies, the council could introduce bills, pass resolutions, and consider and act upon petitions. In some colonies, the council acted primarily as a chamber of revision, reviewing and improving legislation.
The Council House Fight, often referred to as the Council House Massacre, [1] was a fight between soldiers and officials of the Republic of Texas and a delegation of Comanche chiefs during a peace conference in San Antonio on March 19, 1840.
The site consists of a three-story Victorian [2] [3] townhouse and a two-story carriage house.The carriage house contained the National Archives for Black Women's History, [4] until 2014, when the National Park Service relocated the records [5] to the National Park Service Museum Resource Center in Landover, Maryland.
A council house, corporation house or council flat is a form of British public housing built by local authorities. A council estate is a building complex containing a number of council houses and other amenities like schools and shops. Construction took place mainly from 1919 to 1980s, as a result of the Housing Act 1919. Though more council ...
The Creek National Council House has stood in the center of Okmulgee for nearly 150 years. It's now an educational space operated by the tribe. After 100-year gap, Creek Council House tells ...
The Great Raid of 1840 was the largest raid Native Americans ever mounted on white cities in what is now the United States. [3] It followed the Council House Fight, in which Republic of Texas officials attempted to capture and take prisoner 33 Comanche chiefs and their wives, who had earlier promised to deliver 13 white captives they had kidnapped. [4]
The Governor's Council, also known as the Privy Council and Council of State, was the upper house of the legislature of the Colony of Virginia (the House of Burgesses being the other house). It also served as an advisory body to the royal governor and as the highest judicial body in the colony.
It was initially inhabited by the colonial government of Pennsylvania as its State House, from 1732 to 1799. [10] In 1752, when Isaac Norris was selecting a man to build the first clock for the State House he chose Thomas Stretch, the son of Peter Stretch his old friend and fellow council member, to do the job. [11]