Massachusetts Bay Company
Americannoun
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He and his ministers also worried about the colonies’ tendencies to go their own way, especially Massachusetts, which governed itself under the charter of the old Massachusetts Bay Company.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
In 1629, the Massachusetts Bay Company received a charter from King Charles I of England to settle in New England.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
And although the Massachusetts Bay Company charter was unique in its independence from the crown, by the 1760s, almost all the colonies were governed by “charter governments.”
From Slate
Similarly, the Massachusetts Bay Company charter clearly expounded the rules of civil government and delineated the limits of the crown and Parliament’s authority in New England.
From Slate
The crown and church in England had long looked upon it with disfavor, and in 1684 King Charles II annulled the old charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company.
From History of the United States by Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin)
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