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** ex. France largely sought economic exploitation in its Canadian colonies
** ex. France largely sought economic exploitation in its Canadian colonies
* by contrast, British colonialism in North America, which started as commercial ventures, explicitly promoted population of the colonies
* by contrast, British colonialism in North America, which started as commercial ventures, explicitly promoted population of the colonies
* types of British colonies in North America:
** Joint-stock company under Royal charter
** land-patent (allowance) from other joint-stock company
** Royal colony
** proprietary colony (privately owned)
* types of British colonies in North America:
** commercial/entrepreneurial
** religious
** political / political refuge
** proprietary / personal ownership
click EXPAND for chart of types/ purposes of colonial charters/ establishment
click EXPAND for chart of types/ purposes of colonial charters/ establishment
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
| Massachusetts Bay Colony
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|| merged into Province of Massachusetts Bay
|| merged into Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1691
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| Province of Massachusetts Bay
| Province of Massachusetts Bay
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| Connecticut Colony
| Connecticut Colony
|| 1636  
|| 1636  
|| religious, political
|| religious, political dissent
|| informally established under self-government
|| informally established under self-government
|| Royal charter as colony 1992
|| reformed as Royal colony in 1662
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| Colony of Rhode Island
| Providence Plantations (Roger Williams)
|| 1363
|| 1636
|| religious, political
|| religious, political dissent
|| informally established under self-government
|| informally established under self-government
|| Royal charter as colony in 1663
|| reformed as Colony of Rhode Island by Royal charter 1663
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| Delaware Colony
|| 1664
|| proprietary
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| Province of Pennsylvania
|| 1681
|| religious (Quaker)
|| proprietary
|| King Charles II paid a debt to William Penn with the colony
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| Province of Maryland
|| 1632
|| religious (Catholic)
|| proprietary
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* Province of New York, proprietary 1664, Royal colony 1686
* Province of Carolina, 1629-1729 by Royal charter
* Province of North Carolina, Royal colony 1729
* Province of South Carolina, Royal colony 1729
* Province of Georgia, proprietary colony 17932, Royal colony 1752
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** white American colonial populations grew rapidly  
** white American colonial populations grew rapidly


=== & push-pull factors ===
=== & push-pull factors ===