royal governor

British official

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administration of American colonies

  • A map of the states, boundaries, and capital cities of the United States, along with the bodies of water and other counties surrounding the U.S.
    In United States: Imperial organization

    In those colonies with royal governors—the number of those colonies grew from one in 1650 to eight in 1760—the crown possessed a mechanism by which to ensure that royal policy was enforced. The Privy Council issued each royal governor in America a set of instructions carefully defining the limits…

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