proprietary colony

A number of colonies in the 16th and 17th centuries were granted to a particular individual; these are known as proprietary colonies.

Barbados was in those days a proprietary colony of Great Britain.

As a proprietary colony, Penn governed Pennsylvania, yet its citizens were still subject to the English crown and laws.

Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 as a proprietary colony of the Quaker William Penn.

The original royal patent of 1639 gave Gardiner the "right to possess the land forever", with the island being declared a proprietary colony.

Seeking religious and political tolerance, he and others founded "Providence Plantations" as a free proprietary colony.

Other areas, like Maryland and Carolina, were proprietary colonies, owned and operated by one or a few individuals.

These three types were royal colonies, proprietary colonies, and corporate colonies.

By 1720 the process of transition from a proprietary colony to a crown colony had begun.

Proprietary Governors were individuals authorized to govern proprietary colonies.