SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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A colony in which all the land is owned by one person and that person controls the government.
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A colony that is ruled by an aristocracy with direct connection to the monarch.
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A colony ruled by elected officials nominated by the colonists and approved by the monarch.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A proprietary colony was a type of English colony mostly in North America and in the Caribbean in the 17th century. In the British Empire, all land belonged to the monarch, and it was his/her prerogative to divide.
Detailed explanation-2: -: a colony granted to some individual or individuals with the fullest prerogatives of government compare charter colony, royal colony.
Detailed explanation-3: -noun American History. any of certain colonies, as Maryland and Pennsylvania, that were granted to an individual or group by the British crown and that were granted full rights of self-government.
Detailed explanation-4: -In fact, there were three different types of colonies: royal, self-governing, and proprietary. Royal colonies were owned and completely administered by the Crown.
Detailed explanation-5: -Proprietary colonies were granted by the king to a proprietor or head of a proprietary family, who owned the colony by title and governed it as he saw fit. Royal colonies were controlled by the king through his representative, the royal governor.