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 Connecticut Charter of 1662
surface form: Charter government of Connecticut

Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America
surface form: Connecticut Colony government

Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America
surface form: Governor and Company of Connecticut
appliesToJurisdiction Connecticut Colony
New England
charterGrantedBy Charles II of England
surface form: King Charles II of England
continent North America
country Connecticut Colony
dissolved 1776
endTime 1776
establishedBy Connecticut Charter of 1662
surface form: Royal Charter of Connecticut
followedBy Connecticut
surface form: State of 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
Connecticut General Court
surface form: General Assembly of Connecticut Colony

Governor of Connecticut Colony
headOfGovernment Connecticut colonial governor
surface form: 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 Connecticut Charter of 1662
surface form: Charter of Connecticut
parentOrganization Kingdom of England
partOf British America
Thirteen Colonies
religion Congregationalism
Protestant Christianity
surface form: 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 Kingdom of England
surface form: English Crown

Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of England

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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 Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America
this entity surface form: Connecticut Colony government
Connecticut militia usedBy Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America
this entity surface form: Connecticut Colony government
Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America alsoKnownAs Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America
this entity surface form: Connecticut Colony government
Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America alsoKnownAs Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America
this entity surface form: Governor and Company of Connecticut