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A proprietary colony is a colony governed by a supporter of england. He gets a land grant for being a good boy. A self governed colony was governed by the people. The king has nothing to do with it.
It depended on the colony. Several of the colonies such as Virginia and Massachusetts, had elected representatives and were virtually self-governing. Others, such as the southern colonies were still governed by royal appointees.
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Charter colonies were governed by a king.