Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America

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The Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America was the formal corporate and governmental body that administered the Connecticut Colony under its royal charter in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial administration ⓘ
colonial government ⓘ
royal chartered corporation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Charter government of Connecticut ⓘ
Connecticut Colony government ⓘ
Governor and Company of Connecticut ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Connecticut Colony ⓘ
New England ⓘ
charterGrantedBy King Charles II of England ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Connecticut Colony ⓘ
dissolved 1776 ⓘ
endTime 1776 ⓘ
establishedBy Royal Charter of Connecticut ⓘ
followedBy State of Connecticut ⓘ
linked to: Connecticut
governmentType corporate colony ⓘ
representative colonial government ⓘ
grantedPrivileges power to elect own governor ⓘ
power to make local laws ⓘ
right of self-government ⓘ
hasCapital Hartford ⓘ
hasPart Assistants of Connecticut Colony ⓘ
Deputy Governor of Connecticut Colony ⓘ
General Assembly of Connecticut Colony ⓘ
Governor of Connecticut Colony ⓘ
headOfGovernment Governor of Connecticut Colony ⓘ
headOfState Monarch of England ⓘ
inception 1662 ⓘ
jurisdictionOver freemen of Connecticut Colony ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
legalForm body politic and corporate ⓘ
chartered company ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Connecticut Colony ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC−05:00 ⓘ
location Connecticut ⓘ
mainRegulatoryText Charter of Connecticut ⓘ
parentOrganization Kingdom of England ⓘ
partOf British America ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
religion Congregationalism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
replaces earlier self-governing Connecticut settlements ⓘ
significantEvent adoption of the 1662 charter ⓘ
continuation of charter government after 1688 Glorious Revolution ⓘ
transition to State of Connecticut government after American Revolution ⓘ
startTime 1662 ⓘ
subordinateTo English Crown ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England

Privy Council of England ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council

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

Connecticut Charter of 1662 → corporateName → Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America ⓘ
Royal Charter of 1662 → formsTheBasisOf → Connecticut Colony government ⓘ
linked to: Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America
Connecticut militia → usedBy → Connecticut Colony government ⓘ
linked to: Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America
Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America → alsoKnownAs → Connecticut Colony government ⓘ
linked to: Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America
Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America → alsoKnownAs → Governor and Company of Connecticut ⓘ
linked to: Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America
Connecticut colonial governor → positionHeldInOrganization → Government of the Connecticut Colony ⓘ
linked to: Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America
Deputy Governor of Connecticut Colony → partOf → Government of Connecticut Colony ⓘ
linked to: Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America
Assistants of Connecticut Colony → partOf → colonial government of Connecticut ⓘ
linked to: Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America