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When a wealthy landowner was given full control over land in the new world, the colonies were known as:

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The correct answer is: proprietary colony.

A proprietary colony was a colony that was given to a wealthy landowner to rule, but which was still under the power of the British Monarch.

An example of a proprietary colony was Maryland(first proprietor was Cecil Calvert)


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