Pre-Revolutionary War (prior to 1775) governors in the 13 Colonies were appointed by the British. It is worth remembering that the vast majority of colonists were British, with initially strong British loyalties and ties, so a British-appointed governor and locally appointed or voted legislator made good sense - until the Seven-Years War ended and colonists began to want to control their own lives and destinies.
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The British king.
Proprietary Governments are goverenments in which the colonist finds land and then the king grants permission for the colonist to own or use the land.
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Colonies were divided into three types of government - Royal colonies, in which the king of England chose the governor and the upper house representatives, people would choose the lower house representatives.Proprietarycolonies- in which thepropitiatorychose the governor and the upper house representatives, people would choose the lower house representatives. Charter colonies- inwhicheverpeople would elect the lower and upper house representatives, they would choose the governor but the king had to approve him.
Captain Arthur Phillip, the first Governor of New South Wales, chose to return to England because of poor health. Soon after arriving back in England, Phillip resigned his commission.
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Queen Elizabeth I chose Walter Raleigh to set up a colony in North America in 1584
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HRH Queen Elizabeth
The minister for the colonies.
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King James II
The Plymouth colony chose their leader as William Bradford and Miles Standish.