The English Colonies
{"Image DocumentName": "The English Colonies", "Image ImageDescription": "English colonists began to settle parts of North America in the early 1600s, bringing English political theories and methods of governance. Experiments in Early Governance. Virginia was the first colony, founded in Jamestown\u2019s House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Massachusetts Body of Liberties, Each charter guaranteed colonists the rights of Englishmen. PA granted to William Penn, Georgia final colony, Types of English Colonies. Three types established. Proprietary, based on land grant to individual or group. Royal colonies, directly controlled by king through appointed governor. Charter colonies, operated under charters agreed to by colony and king; had most independence from the Crown.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}