the governor has all executive power in his hands
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a royal colony is where the crown rules a colony in america, so basically a king or queen ruling a colony far away an example is new york
a royal colony :)
The Bahamas was in a state of ruins because of the pirates and the ineffective Proprietary Governors. This became a great concern for English merchants who were losing fortunes to pirates. To stop this the Crown had to regain control of The Bahamas. The Crown purchased the islands from the Proprietors and set up their own form of government to try and stop the pirates. The form of government set up by the Crown was called Crown Colony Government. In 1718 the Crown sent their first Royal Governor to The Bahamas Captain Woodes Rogers.
A charter company is granted land to colonize and basically rule themselves/elect their own leaders. On the other hand, the royal colony is directly ruled by the crown
There were probably a number of reasons, depending upon the circumstances of the individual, but the main reasons were that the individual was not unhappy with the circumstances of his life and, as a British subject, felt a strong sense of loyalty to Britain and the king.