Massachusetts Bay Company
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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
Corporate charters, issued by the English crown, gave municipal and trading corporations like the Massachusetts Bay Company special permission to govern people and territory on the crown’s behalf.
From Slate
The Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Company and their Government, commencing in 1629.
From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 by Egerton Ryerson
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