| They acquiesced in a Board of Trade scheme for turning the two provinces into a single royal colony and begged for the appointment of a governor above party spirit. |
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| Sometimes, if it was a royal colony, the council was appointed by the king, sometimes by the governor or the proprietor, and in some cases the lower house, the assembly, elected the council. |
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| They sent a messenger to England to ask the new king, King George, to make South Carolina a royal colony so that it could be ruled and protected by him. |
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| Between 1685 and 1691, it became in rapid succession a royal colony, part of the Dominion of New England, the scene of a major rebellion, and once again a royal colony. |
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| The court ruled against the Virginia Company, which was then dissolved, with the result that Virginia was transformed into a royal colony. |
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| After 1663, New France became a royal colony and justice courts were created. |
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| Virginia became a royal colony again in 1660, and the word was dropped from the full title. |
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| In February 1685 the duke of York found himself not only proprietor of New York but also king of England, a fact that changed the status of New York from that of a proprietary to a royal colony. |
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| On May 24, 1624 motivated in part by domestic political differences with the company's leadership, the king dissolved the company outright and made Virginia a royal colony, an arm of his government. |
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| Communicating this message is vital for visitor understanding of the context for France's decision to establish a royal colony and build fortifications at Placentia. |
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| Massachusetts, which had been founded by the Puritans in 1628, purchased the Maine territory in 1677 and was made a Royal Colony in 1679. |
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| For much of the history of the Royal Colony, the formal appointed governor was absentee, often remaining in England. |
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