British colonial land system in North America
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The British colonial land system in North America was a framework of royal charters, proprietary grants, and feudal-style tenures that structured land ownership, settlement, and governance in Britain’s American colonies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| British colonial land system in North America canonical | 1 |
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial land tenure system
ⓘ
historical institution ⓘ |
| allocatesLandTo |
military veterans
ⓘ
religious groups ⓘ settlers ⓘ speculators ⓘ town proprietors ⓘ |
| appliesTo | British colonies in North America ⓘ |
| associatedWithPolicy |
dispossession of Indigenous peoples
ⓘ
frontier expansion ⓘ reservation of certain lands to the Crown ⓘ survey and platting of land ⓘ |
| basedOn |
English land law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
feudal land tenure principles ⓘ |
| developedBy |
British Crown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicScope |
British North America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Middle colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ New England colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grantsAuthorityTo |
colonial companies
ⓘ
proprietors ⓘ royal governors ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
generate revenue for the Crown
ⓘ
promote settlement ⓘ structure land ownership ⓘ support colonial governance ⓘ |
| includes |
charter colonies
ⓘ
corporate charters ⓘ crown colonies ⓘ headright system ⓘ land patents ⓘ manorial grants ⓘ proprietary colonies ⓘ proprietary grants ⓘ quit-rent system ⓘ royal charters ⓘ squatter regularization practices ⓘ township grants ⓘ |
| influenced |
distribution of wealth in colonial society
ⓘ
patterns of settlement in the United States ⓘ post-Revolutionary American land policy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Indigenous land use patterns
ⓘ
mercantilist economic policy ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
Board of Trade
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Privy Council NERFINISHED ⓘ colonial assemblies ⓘ royal governors ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American Revolutionary grievances about land policy
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Royal Proclamation of 1763 NERFINISHED ⓘ colonial land speculation ⓘ conflicts with Indigenous nations over land ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
17th century
ⓘ
18th century ⓘ |
| usesTenureForm |
copyhold-like arrangements
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feudal-style tenures ⓘ freehold tenure ⓘ leasehold tenure ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.