By: Olivia
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The King controlled the colonies three ways. The three ways were through royal, proprietary, and corporate colonies. A royal colony is when the king chose a government for a colony. Two examples of royal colonies were New Hampshire and New Jersey. Proprietary colonies were when the king gave a group of settlers a charter and his permission to start a colony. A percentage of the colonies profits would go to the king. The proprietary colonies were New York, Maryland, Delaware, North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania and Georgia. The last way the king could control the colonies is with a corporate charter. Corporate colonies were when the king gave a charter to a group of investors to find and govern a colony for profits. The corporate colonies were Virginia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. The king sent a governor or a person to lead the colony. For example, George Yeardly, was the first governor for New England sent by the king. The king could also control the colonies by imposing taxes. An example was by taxing imports and exports. The king had control of all the colonies. |
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