Proprietary Colony

The method was most notably used during the early colonization along the Atlantic coasts of North and Latin America by Great Britain .
Most were run under a charter agreement, which is reviewed by the ruling Monarch. A good example is the Province Of Pennsylvania , granted to William Penn (the state still bears the name meaning 'woodlands of Penn') by King Charles II Of England .

This type of Indirect Rule eventually fell out of favor as the English Sovereigns sought to concentrate their power and authority, and the colonies were converted to Crown Colonies , i.e. governed by officials appointed by the King.

PROPRIETARY COLONIES IN THE CARIBEAN

Barbados under Lords Proprietary (1625 - 1627 Sir William Courteen, 1627 - 1652 Lord Carlisle)

PROPRIETARY COLONIES IN THE PRESENT SOUTHERN US

Virginia Colony

Province Of Georgia

Province Of North Carolina

Province Of South Carolina

PROPRIETARY COLONIES ON THE NORTHERN US EAST COAST

Province Of Pennsylvania

Proprietors of Maine : 1622 - December 1635 John Mason (b. 1586 - d. 1635) + Sir Ferdinando Gorges (b. c.1566 - d. 1647)

---Proprietor of New Somersetshire , 1635 - 1647: Sir Ferdinando Gorges

Province Of Maryland - a dynasty of Barons of Baltimore (except the last incumbent) 20 June 1632 - 11 November 1776

Province Of New York

Province Of New Jersey

PROPRIETARY COLONIES IN THE PRESENT CANADA

Proprietor of Nova Scotia , 10 September 1621 - 12 June 1632 Sir William Alexander, (from 1633) Earl of Stirling and Viscount of Canada (b. 1567 - d. 1640)

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