Charter colony is one of three classes of colonial government established in the 17th century English colonies in North America, the other classes being...
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"first Colony" and "second Colony", over which they were respectively authorized to settle and to govern. Under this charter, the "first Colony" and the...
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colonies. A charter colony by definition is a "colony chartered to an individual, trading company, etc., by the British crown." Although charter colonies...
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area was chartered in 1584 and established in 1585; the resulting Roanoke Colony lasted for three attempts totaling six years. In 1590, the colony was abandoned...
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Charter colony is one of the three classes of colonial government established in the 17th-century English colonies in North America. In a charter colony...
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Province of Georgia (redirect from Colony of Georgia)
The colony's Corporate charter was granted to General James Oglethorpe on April 21, 1732, by George II, for whom the colony was named. The charter was...
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New Haven Colony never had a charter giving it legal title to exist. The larger, stronger colony of Connecticut to the north did have a charter. New Haven's...
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the Charter Oak incident which occurred at Jeremy Adams' inn and tavern. Two other English settlements in Connecticut were merged into the Colony of Connecticut:...
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established and administered by companies under charters granted by the monarch. The first "royal colony" was the Colony of Virginia, after 1624, when the Crown...
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colonies were divided by the Crown via royal charters into one of three types of colony; proprietary colonies, charter colonies and Crown colonies. Under the...
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Bay Colony in 1641; chartered as royal colony in 1679 Connecticut Colony, established in 1636; chartered as royal colony in 1662 Saybrook Colony, established...
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capitalize on the opportunity. Raleigh's charter, issued on March 25, 1584, specified that he needed to establish a colony by 1591, or lose his right to colonization...
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He granted the request with the Royal Charter of 1663, uniting the four settlements together into the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations...
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Province of Massachusetts Bay (redirect from Massachusetts Colony)
Massachusetts Bay was a colony in New England which became one of the thirteen original states of the United States. It was chartered on October 7, 1691,...
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appointment had invalidated the charters of the various constituent colonies. He went to each colony to collect their charters, presumably seeing symbolic...
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The Rhode Island Royal Charter provided royal recognition to the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, approved by England's King Charles...
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Plymouth Colony (sometimes Plimouth) was the first permanent English colony in New England from 1620 and the third permanent English colony in America...
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the relationship of the colony to the mother country as free from involvement from the Crown. For the trading companies, charters vested the powers of government...
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A colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule. Though dominated by the foreign colonizers, the rule remains separate to the original country...
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Province of Carolina (redirect from Carolina Colony)
Proprietors. The 1663 charter granted the Lords Proprietor title to all of the land from the southern border of the Virginia Colony at 36 degrees north...
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issued the Charter for Erecting the Colony of New Zealand. The Charter stated that the Colony of New Zealand would be established as a Crown colony separate...
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Council for New England (section 1620 Charter)
involved had previously received a charter in 1606 as the Plymouth Company and had founded the short-lived Popham Colony within the territory of northern...
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Province of Maryland (redirect from Maryland Colony)
Baltimore. On June 20, 1632, Charles granted the original charter for Maryland, a proprietary colony of about twelve million acres (49,000 km2), to the 2nd...
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Province of New Hampshire (redirect from New Hampshire Colony)
organized under the government of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, until Charles II issued a colonial charter for the province and appointed John Cutt as President...
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charter defined the government of the colony, whose lands were drawn from those previously belonging to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Colony...
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administered by BSAC were terminated. Although under the BSAC charter it had features of a charter colony, the BSAC's treaties with local rulers, and British legislation...
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challenged at various legal forums. Chartered companies Governor of North Borneo Charter colony, Proprietary colony The original position was initially...
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Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (category Governors of Newfoundland Colony)
of rights, the Charter would be interpreted in favour of the proprietor. Supporters in England of the Virginia colony opposed the Charter, as they had little...
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (category Political charters)
1662, the colony petitioned the king for a royal charter, which substantially secured the colony's right to self-govern following the same form of government...
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officials were appointed by proprietors, and they were elected in charter colonies. In every colony, the assembly was elected by free, male, property owners....
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