colonial government of Carolina

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The colonial government of Carolina was the early English administrative authority established in the late 17th century to govern the proprietary province of Carolina in North America under the Lords Proprietors.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial government ⓘ
former government ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Carolina ⓘ
capital Charles Town ⓘ
constitutionalDocument Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina ⓘ
charter of Carolina ⓘ
country Province of Carolina ⓘ
dissolved 1710s ⓘ
1720s ⓘ
early 18th century ⓘ
establishedBy charter granted by Charles II ⓘ
establishedFor administration of the proprietary province of Carolina ⓘ
executiveBody governor and council of Carolina ⓘ
followedBy colonial government of North Carolina ⓘ
colonial government of South Carolina ⓘ
royal government of North Carolina ⓘ
royal government of South Carolina ⓘ
follows indigenous governance of the region ⓘ
hasAuthority Lords Proprietors of Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Lords Proprietors
hasPolicy implementation of plantation slavery ⓘ
management of relations with Indigenous peoples ⓘ
promotion of English settlement ⓘ
regulation of trade and plantations ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 18th century ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ
inception 1663 ⓘ
judicialBody provincial courts of Carolina ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
legalForm proprietary colony government ⓘ
legislativeBody Commons House of Assembly of Carolina ⓘ
Grand Council of Carolina ⓘ
locatedIn British North America ⓘ
linked to: British America

North America ⓘ
namedAfter King Charles I of England ⓘ
officeHeldBy Grand Council of Carolina ⓘ
deputy governor of Carolina ⓘ
governor of Carolina ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
English colonial empire ⓘ
linked to: British colonies
significantEvent Carolina charter of 1663 ⓘ
Carolina charter of 1665 ⓘ
subordinateTo English Crown ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England

King Charles II of England ⓘ
Lords Proprietors of Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Lords Proprietors
territoryIncludes Albemarle region ⓘ
Cape Fear region ⓘ
area of present-day Georgia ⓘ
area of present-day North Carolina ⓘ
area of present-day South Carolina ⓘ
uses English common law ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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Joseph Blake (acting governor, planning phase) → government → colonial government of Carolina ⓘ
Drafting of the North Carolina Constitution of 1776 → follows → colonial government of North Carolina ⓘ
linked to: colonial government of Carolina
North Carolina Governor's Council → partOf → royal government of North Carolina ⓘ
linked to: colonial government of Carolina
Journals of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina → mainSubject → North Carolina colonial government ⓘ
linked to: colonial government of Carolina
National Register of Historic Places listing (Tryon Palace Historic District) → associatedWith → colonial government of North Carolina ⓘ
linked to: colonial government of Carolina
Charles Pinckney (chief justice) → employer → colonial government of South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: colonial government of Carolina
North Carolina western lands → governedBy → North Carolina colonial government ⓘ
linked to: colonial government of Carolina