Over the next 10 years political tensions in Georgia rise slowly. The Georgia House of Commons was dissolved in December, 1768 by royal Governor James Wright when the House considered a circular from the Massachusetts Assembly denouncing the Townsend Acts. The Massachusetts Assembly had been dissolved shortly before for failing to overturn the circular. Georgia then elected Noble Jones, a radical leader, as Speaker of the House in 1771. Governor Wright refused to recognize him and Jones was replaced by Archibald Bulloch, also a radical. Wright dissolved the body for a second time.

James Habersham, acting governor while James Wright was in England, again dissolved the body in 1772 for similar reasons. Although the issue was eventually resolved with the election of a moderate as Speaker, the conflict remains. Who does actually control the affairs of the state, the popularly elected house or the governor appointed by the king?

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