Question

Which of the following was a unique feature of proprietary colonies?

A:These colonies were the first to be established in the New World.
B:These colonies had their own legislative body called the House of Burgesses.
C:The people who were given these colonies had full governing rights.
D:These colonies negotiated with the Indians to acquire legal rights to the land.
E:These colonies were sold by the Indians to the King of England.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C) The people who were given these colonies had full governing rights.

What was a unique feature of proprietary colonies was that the people who were given these colonies had full governing rights.

At the beginning of the colonization of North America, a proprietary colony was the one who granted pieces of land or territories to proprietors by the British monarchy and had full government rights. The examples are the colony of Carolina or Pennsylvania.

William Penn was the founder of the colony of Pennsylvania. King Charles II had a large loan with the father of William and after the father's death, he granted William a big portion of land in the American territory. William called Sylvania, Latin for "woods." Penn belonged to the Religious Society of Friends or the Quakers.