Colonial Charters

Colonial Charters in the United States

History of the Colonial Charters

According to theEncyclopedia of the American Constitution, maybe “no other American constitutional topic has been subject to such changing and contrary interpretations as has that of colonial charters. For example, george bancroft, who in 1834 had written that the Massachusetts charter of 1629 “established a corporation”.

Colonial Materials

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School hosts a Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy (www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm) Web site, with a page for 18th Century materials (www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/18th.htm) that features Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents (www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/statech.htm).

Colonial Charters of Massachusetts Bay (1629, 1691)

According to theEncyclopedia of the American Constitution, in 1629, “King Charles I granted a royal charter to Puritan leaders of the New England Company, incorporating them as the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In the same year Puritan leaders received authorization to migrate to New England”.


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