Royal Charter of 1662

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colonial charter constitutional document

The Royal Charter of 1662 was a colonial charter granted by King Charles II that established Connecticut’s governmental structure and extensive self-governing rights, forming the legal foundation for the colony’s (and later state’s) political system.

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Royal Charter of 1662 canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial charter ⓘ constitutional document ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Connecticut Colony ⓘ present-day U.S. state of Connecticut ⓘ
characteristic	granted broad autonomy compared to other English colonies ⓘ served as de facto constitution for Connecticut for many years ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateGranted	1662 ⓘ
defines	boundaries of Connecticut Colony ⓘ powers of the General Assembly of Connecticut Colony ⓘ powers of the governor of Connecticut Colony ⓘ
formsTheBasisOf	Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America ⓘ surface form: Connecticut Colony government Connecticut’s colonial constitution ⓘ early political system of Connecticut ⓘ
governmentTypeEstablished	representative colonial government ⓘ
grantedBy	Charles II of England ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ surface form: English Crown
grantsRight	control over internal civil affairs ⓘ election of colonial officials ⓘ local legislative authority ⓘ self-government ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Colonial America ⓘ surface form: English colonial era in North America
jurisdiction	Connecticut Colony ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalFoundationFor	Connecticut’s colonial government ⓘ Connecticut’s later state political system ⓘ
legalStatus	royal charter ⓘ
locationOfOriginalDocument	Connecticut State Library ⓘ surface form: Connecticut State Library (current repository, archival)
purpose	to define the political and legal framework of Connecticut Colony ⓘ to establish the governmental structure of Connecticut ⓘ to grant extensive self-governing rights to Connecticut ⓘ
relatedTo	Connecticut state constitution ⓘ Fundamental Orders of Connecticut ⓘ
successor	Connecticut state constitution ⓘ surface form: Connecticut Constitution of 1818
year	1662 ⓘ

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Connecticut General Court → basedOn → Royal Charter of 1662 ⓘ