Proprietary Colony (Noun)
Meaning
A colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century).
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The colony was granted to Lord Baltimore as a proprietary colony, giving him complete control over its governance.
- The Pennsylvania colony was established as a proprietary colony by William Penn, who was given a royal charter to govern it.
- The Maryland colony was also a proprietary colony, initially governed by the Calvert family who had been granted the charter.
- John Locke was involved in the creation of the Carolina colony, a proprietary colony that was granted to a group of English aristocrats.
- The Massachusetts colony was initially a proprietary colony, but it eventually became a royal colony when the charter was revoked.