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The three types of colonies are:Corporate ~ Proprietary ~ and Royal.
1606
The Massachusetts Charter was a document that granted rights to the people of Massachusetts Bay Colony from the English government. A sort of colonial constitution. All the 13 colonies has one.
The civil war begun in 1961 and ended in 1965.ÊIn 1868 African-Americans were granted full citizenship. In 1870, the Fifth Amendment is enacted giving all people the right to vote.
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Colonial charters were replaced by the US constitution.
Townspeople wanted charters because these granted them specific rights and privileges. Charters contained local by-laws which are clearly defined for the townspeople to follow.
Manor Lord
the state governments
Many of the old colonial charters became extinct as new laws were passed. They were replaced with up to date laws that reflected the times.
Seperation of Powers
Each state's Bill of Rights English charters Colonial grants (All of the above)
Manor lords were the men who controlled towns and villages and often granted charters of liberty. By law, these manor lords were allowed to force the peasants under their control to work without pay and confine them to the land.
They saw that the acts were a violation to their constitutional rights, their natural rights, and their colonial charters. The believed that these acts were a threat to Massachusetts' liberties and all of what was then colonial British America.
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