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What is the type of colony in which the owner owned all land and controlled the government?
The people who owned and controlled all the land of a colony were called proprietors or Lord Proprietors. Initially land was divided up by giving "headrights",which means, anyone who had paid his own passage was given 100 acres. Those given the land grants, had to pay a fee to the Lord Proprietors.
How much did Roger Williams pay the natives for land for his colony of Providence?
HE DID NOT PAY THE INDIANS FOR LAND INSTEAD HE WENT AND FOUND UN OWNED LAND
What is territory ruled by a distant land?
Territory ruled by a distant land is called a colony. A colony is any people or territory separated from but subject to a ruling power or government.
What did the colonies lose?
that would be the settlement on Roanoke Island. It was unsuccessful so it was the "Lost Colony."
Who owned Texas before it became a state?
The land was originally owned by Spain.
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