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There were three types or systems of government used within Colonial Government of the 13 Colonies. What were the names of these different types of government?
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| There were three types or systems of government used within Colonial Government of the 13 Colonies. What were the names of these different types of government? | There were three types or systems of government used within Colonial Government of the 13 Colonies. The names of these different types of government were Royal, Charter and Proprietary. |
| What is the Royal Government definition? | Royal Government definition: Royal Colonies were ruled directly by the English monarchy. |
| What is the Charter Government definition? | Charter Government definition: Charter Colonies were generally self-governed, and their charters were granted to the colonists as opposed to proprietors. |
| What is the Proprietary Government definition? | Proprietary Government definition: Proprietary Colonists were established in territories which had been granted by the English Crown to one, or more, proprietors who had full governing rights. |
| Who was the Royal Colony owned by? | Royal colonies were owned by the King. |
| What were these governments appointed by? | These governments were appointed by the Crown, and carried out the orders and wishes of the Crown as opposed to private or local interests. |
| By 1775 the Royal Colony system of government was in which colonies? | By 1775 the Royal Colony system of government was in the Carolina's, Virginia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire and New York. |
| The Royal Colonies was based on what? | The government of the Royal Colonies was based on the following principles. |
| What was the first principle? | These colonies were ruled by the British monarchs. |
| What was the second principle? | The British King had control over all unsold public lands and his Governor had the power to allocate the lands. |
| What was the third principle? | The King appointed a Governor and a Council to assist him with the government of the Colony. |
| What was the fourth principle? | The colonies elected their own legislature (parliament). |
| What was the fifth principle? | The Governor controlled taxes and expenditure but could not authorize the payment of his own salary. The colonial legislatures had the authority to approve or delay paying a salary to the Royal Governor. |
| In a Proprietary Colony, an individual, or small elite group, essentially owned what? | In a Proprietary Colony, an individual, or small elite group, essentially owned the colony, controlling all of the actions and institutions of government, for which they would receive political or financial favors. |
| The Governors of the Proprietary colonies reported directly to what? | The Governors of the Proprietary colonies reported directly to the King. |
| What is the Power of the Lords Proprietors? | The Power of the Lord Proprietors: Proprietary colonies in North America were owned by an individual proprietor or by a group of proprietors under a charter from the English monarch. |
| What were the men who received these grants called? | The men who received these grants were called Proprietary Governors or "Lord Proprietors". |
| The vast powers of the Lord Proprietors governed the Proprietary Colonies as what? | The vast powers of the Lord Proprietors governed the Proprietary Colonies as landlords or overseers. |
| What is the first detail of the Lord Proprietors powers and political privileges? | The land was titled in the name of the proprietor-not the King. |
| What is the second detail of the Lord Proprietors powers and political privileges? | The proprietors established land grants and purchases. |
| What is the third detail of the Lord Proprietors powers and political privileges? | The Lords Proprietors recouped their investments in the colonies by collecting yearly land fees from the settlers who had purchased land within the colony. These farm-fees were called quitrents. |
| What is the fourth detail of the Lord Proprietors powers and political privileges? | Lord Proprietors could create courts and make laws and issue decrees. They could also hear appeals and pardon offendors. |
| What is the fifth detail of the Lord Proprietors powers and political privileges? | Lord Proprietors could establish churches. |
| What is the sixth detail of the Lord Proprietors powers and political privileges? | Lord Proprietors could establish towns and ports and ordered the construction of public buildings. |
| The Charter Colonies were generally self-governed, and their charters were granted to who? | The Charter Colonies were generally self-governed, and their charters were granted to the colonists via a joint-stock company or similar group. |
| When created, what did the British King grant these colonies? | When created, the British King granted these colonies a charter establishing the rules of government, but he allowed the colonists a great amount of freedom within those rules. |
| The Charter system of government was in which two colonies? | The Charter system of government was in Rhode Island and Connecticut. |
| The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a what? | The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a royal province under a charter. |
| Changes in Status: The three types of government could do what? | Changes in Status: The three types of government could change in status according to the political and economic changes in Great Britain. |
| There was an attempt by the crown to do what? | There was an attempt by the crown to turn all colonies into Royal Colonies. |
| When King James II ascended the throne in 1685, what did he believe? | King James II ascended the throne in 1685 and believed that the New England colonies were far too independent. |
| What did the King want to do? | The King wanted to take greater control of the New England Colonies and in 1686 sent Sir Edmund Andros to establish one new government called the "Dominion of New England." |
| In order to achieve this goal what did he need to do? | In order to achieve this goal he needed to cancel existing charters that gave each colony its borders and specified how it would be governed. |
| The Dominion was formed in 1686 and merged which colonies together into one large colony? | The Dominion was formed in 1686 and merged the colonies of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, together into one large colony. |
| In 1688, what happened with the Dominion? | In 1688, the Dominion was expanded to include New York and New Jersey. |
| Before the Dominion of New England was created, what did each colony operate under? | Before the Dominion of New England was created, each colony operated under individual charters that allowed them to organize and run their colonies as they pleased. |
| What were town meetings like? | Town meetings were severely restricted, the local legislatures were disbanded and a council was created to assist Andros in governing the colony. |
| What happened to the Dominion after the Glorious Revolution in England? | The Dominion was disbanded after the Glorious Revolution took place in England, during which James II was pressured to abdicate the throne in December of 1688. |
| What did the colonies reinstate? | The colonies reinstated their former charters although Massachusetts was turned from a charter colony into a royal colony instead. |
| What happened once it was 1690? | By 1690 there was considerable British concern about the growing independence of the colonists in the Proprietary colonies and complaints about mismanagement. |
| What did these concerns lead to? | These concerns led to the end of proprietary grants and an attempt to change all Proprietary Colonies into Royal Colonies. |
| Just before the Revolutionary War, what were the only three Proprietary Colonies? | Just before the Revolutionary War, there were only three Proprietary Colonies: Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. |
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