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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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