1789-Nov.
1789-Nov.: Provincial assemblies were formally constituted by the white inhabitants in the Northern, Western, and Southern provinces of the colony.
1789-Nov.: Provincial assemblies were formally constituted by the white inhabitants in the Northern, Western, and Southern provinces of the colony. These bodies asserted that their immediate safety was a paramount obligation that justified taking control of local internal regulation.
Source · p. 21
Edwards, Historical Survey, 21