History and government of the United States, for evening schools . ation. — Some of the Indians became civilized farmersand traders. At the close of the colonial period, there weretwo and three quarters millions of people in the English colo-nies, of whom over half a million were Negro slaves. Someof the colonists had immigrated to the New World, but mostof them were the descendants of earlier immigrants. Theywere a hardy people, active and ambitious, and had becomelargely self-governing. They were comparatively free fromEngland in matters of religion, but they were restless becauseof the rule
History and government of the United States, for evening schools . ation. — Some of the Indians became civilized farmersand traders. At the close of the colonial period, there weretwo and three quarters millions of people in the English colo-nies, of whom over half a million were Negro slaves. Someof the colonists had immigrated to the New World, but mostof them were the descendants of earlier immigrants. Theywere a hardy people, active and ambitious, and had becomelargely self-governing. They were comparatively free fromEngland in matters of religion, but they were restless becauseof the rule of the home government. 31. Colonial Governments. — In 1775, the time of the cut-break of the War of Independence, the thirteen colonies hadvarious kinds of governments, though all were subordinate tothe king of England. Charter Colonies. — Two of the colonies had royal chartersthat made them very democratic and independent. They electedtheir own governors, councils, and assemblies, and had greaterfreedom than any of the other colonies. These two colonies. 28 HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY were Connecticut and Ehode Island. One colony, Massachu-setts, had a charter and many special rights, but was ruled bya governor appointed by the king. Royal Colonies. — Seven of the colonies had no politicalcharters, but were under governors appointed by the elected their own assembly, while the governor appointedthe council. These colonies were New Hampshire, New York,New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, andGeorgia. Proprietary Colonies. — The remaining colonies were proprie-tary, which means that they were ruled by proprietors whooriginally owned the land. These colonies, Pennsylvania,Delaware, and Mary laud, had charters which allowed them toelect their own assemblies, but the proprietors appointed thegovernors. The first two of these colonies had the same gov-ernor, but different assemblies. Of all the colonists, the peopleof Maryland had the least freedom.
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