SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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A document that sets a tax on the colonists’ traded goods.
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A document that gives the right to create an English colony in America.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A charter is a document that gives colonies the legal rights to exist. Charters can bestow certain rights on a town, city, university, or other institution. Colonial charters were approved when the king gave a grant of exclusive powers for the governance of land to proprietors or a settlement company.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America.
Detailed explanation-3: -Charter of New England, 1620. A royal charter that was granted to the Council for New England, which allowed for the establishment of colonies along the coast of North America.
Detailed explanation-4: -A proprietary charter allowed the governor of the colony to rule with great power over his lands.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Magna Carta (“Great Charter”) is a document guaranteeing English political liberties that was drafted at Runnymede, a meadow by the River Thames, and signed by King John on June 15, 1215, under pressure from his rebellious barons.