Lords Proprietors

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The Lords Proprietors were a group of English nobles granted ownership and governing rights over the Province of Carolina in colonial America.

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial proprietors ⓘ
group of English nobles ⓘ
appliedToTerritory Carolina colony ⓘ
Province of Carolina ⓘ
parts of present-day Georgia ⓘ
what became North Carolina ⓘ
what became South Carolina ⓘ
associatedWith Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
basedOn proprietary colony model ⓘ
conflict Cary's Rebellion in North Carolina ⓘ
various disputes over quitrents and governance ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
economicActivityEncouraged plantation agriculture ⓘ
rice cultivation in the southern part of Carolina ⓘ
trade in naval stores ⓘ
endCause purchase of most proprietary shares by the British Crown ⓘ
endTime 1729 ⓘ
governanceForm proprietary rule ⓘ
grantedBy King Charles II of England ⓘ
grantedByDocument charter of 1663 ⓘ
charter of 1665 ⓘ
hasMember Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon ⓘ
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle ⓘ
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton ⓘ
Sir George Carteret ⓘ
Sir John Colleton ⓘ
Sir William Berkeley ⓘ
William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven ⓘ
hasRight governing rights over the Province of Carolina ⓘ
ownership of the Province of Carolina ⓘ
power to appoint governors ⓘ
power to collect quitrents ⓘ
power to establish courts ⓘ
power to grant land ⓘ
historicalPeriod English colonial era in North America ⓘ
linked to: Colonial America
involvedIn transatlantic slave trade (indirectly through plantation system) ⓘ
languageOfAdministration English ⓘ
legalStatus proprietary colony owners ⓘ
notableDocumentAssociated Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina ⓘ
numberOfOriginalProprietors 8 ⓘ
opposedBy many Carolina colonists ⓘ
politicalSystemInfluencedBy English colonial policy ⓘ
religionPolicy toleration for various Protestant denominations (in theory) ⓘ
replacedBy royal government in North Carolina ⓘ
royal government in South Carolina ⓘ
startTime 1663 ⓘ
successorTerritorialEntity Province of North Carolina ⓘ
Province of South Carolina ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Province of Carolina → charterGrantedTo → Lords Proprietors ⓘ
Province of Carolina → charterGrantedTo → Eight Lords Proprietors ⓘ
linked to: Lords Proprietors
Charleston, Province of South Carolina, British America → foundedBy → Lords Proprietors of Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Lords Proprietors
Concession and Agreement of 1664 → publisher → Lords Proprietors of New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Lords Proprietors
Colleton family → associatedWith → Lords Proprietors of Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Lords Proprietors
North Carolina Colony → charterGrantedTo → Lords Proprietors ⓘ
Edward Hyde → employer → Lords Proprietors of Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Lords Proprietors
British colonial authorities in North Carolina → followed → Lords Proprietors of Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Lords Proprietors
Sir John Colleton → memberOf → Lords Proprietors of Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Lords Proprietors
Sir John Colleton → positionHeld → Lord Proprietor of Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Lords Proprietors
Sir Peter Colleton → positionHeld → Lord Proprietor of Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Lords Proprietors
colonial government of Carolina → hasAuthority → Lords Proprietors of Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Lords Proprietors
colonial government of Carolina → subordinateTo → Lords Proprietors of Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Lords Proprietors
Carolina (colony) → foundedBy → Lords Proprietors ⓘ
subject linked to: Carolina
Carolina (colony) → charterGrantedTo → Eight Lords Proprietors ⓘ
subject linked to: Carolina
linked to: Lords Proprietors
Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina → draftedFor → Lords Proprietors of Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Lords Proprietors
Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina → grantedBy → Lords Proprietors of Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Lords Proprietors
Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina → associatedWithOrganization → Lords Proprietors of Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Lords Proprietors
Cary's Rebellion → opponent → Lords Proprietors of Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Lords Proprietors