SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
This was a colony in which a king owned all the land and controlled the government.
|
|
|
This was a colony in which an explorer owned all the land and controlled the government.
|
|
|
This was a colony in which the military owned all the land and controlled the government.
|
|
|
This was a colony in which a proprietor (owner) owned all the land and controlled the government.
|
Detailed explanation-1: -proprietary colony, in British American colonial history, a type of settlement dominating the period 1660–90, in which favourites of the British crown were awarded huge tracts of land in the New World to supervise and develop.
Detailed explanation-2: -New York became a proprietary colony in 1664, when Charles II gave the colony as a proprietorship to his brother James, Duke of York, upon the English claim to New York, formerly Dutch New Netherland. Only when its proprietor became King James II in 1685 did New York become a royal colony.
Detailed explanation-3: -Proprietary colonies in America were governed by a lord proprietor, who, holding authority by virtue of a royal charter, usually exercised that authority almost as an independent sovereign.
Detailed explanation-4: -Proprietary colonies in North America were owned by an individual proprietor or by a group of proprietors under a charter from the English monarch. The men who received these grants were called Proprietary Governors or “Lords Proprietors".
Detailed explanation-5: -Proprietary colonies were owned and governed by individuals. To attract settlers, however, proprietors agreed to share power with property owners. Maryland, South Carolina, North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania were founded as proprietary colonies.