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Definition of Proprietary colony
1. Noun. A colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proprietary Colony
Literary usage of Proprietary colony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"Four years later Louisiana was converted into a proprietary colony, a form that
had so far been left untried by France. Perhaps the success of some of the ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1903)
"Four years later Louisiana was converted into a proprietary colony, a form that
had so far been untried by France. Perhaps the success of some of the ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Government by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, Albert Bushnell Hart (1914)
"The accession of James to the throne of England in ] 685 transformed the colony
of New York from a proprietary (ace proprietary colony) into a royal ..."
4. Readings in American Government and Politics by Charles Austin Beard (1909)
"The proprietary colony The government of a proprietary colony was based, in the
first instance, upon letters patent issued to some person by the king ..."
5. Readings in American Government and Politics by Charles Austin Beard (1909)
"... proprietary colony The government of a proprietary colony was based, in the
first instance, upon letters patent issued to some person by the king ..."
6. Readings in American Government and Politics edited by Charles Austin Beard (1909)
"The proprietary colony The government of a proprietary colony was based, in the
first instance, upon letters patent issued to some person by the king ..."
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