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proprietary colony::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | colony, settlement |
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Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 as a proprietary colony of the Quaker William Penn.
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Specifically, British colonization of North America was by charter colony or proprietary colony.
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The much smaller Maryland was a proprietary colony founded by Catholic gentry but supported by a Protestant underclass.
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Maryland was a proprietary colony, in the hands of the Calvert family, who held it from 1633 to 1689, and again from 1715 to 1776.
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Henderson intended to create a proprietary colony known as Transylvania, but many Kentucky settlers did not recognize Transylvania's authority over them.
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It evolved from the upper house of the colonial assembly created in 1650 when Maryland was a proprietary colony controlled by Cecilius Calvert.
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On April 17, 1702, under the rule of Queen Anne, the two sections of the proprietary colony were united and New Jersey became a royal colony.
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In 1689, the transfer of Maryland from a proprietary colony to a royal colony temporarily quieted the disputes between the Lower House and the governor and council.
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The next year, however, King James dissolved the Virginia Company and its college, seizing its assets and transforming the proprietary colony to a royal one.
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