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The General Court of the Plymouth Colony
Seal of the Plymouth Colony
Seal of the Plymouth Colony
Type
HousesUpper House (de facto):
Council of Assistants
Lower House (de facto): Assembly
(1620-1639)
Assembly of Freemen
(1639-1691)
History
Founded1620
Disbanded1691
Succeeded by(1686-1689)
Council of New England
(After 1691)
Great and General Court of Massachusetts Bay
Leadership
Governor
John Carver
(first)
Thomas Hinckley
(last)
Meeting place
Burial Hill
Constitution
Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth

The Plymouth General Court (formerly styled, The General Court of Plymouth Colony) was the original colonial legislature of the Plymouth colony from 1620 to 1692. The body also sat in judgment of judicial appeals cases.

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