Schenck v. United States was a Supreme Court case about the enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917. I believe the case went straight to the Supreme Court and resulted in the Court's ruling that the criminal conviction of Schenck was in fact constitutional.
The lord propietors, even tough the kind had full sovereignty over Carolina, were given some Powers to ensure to collect taxes and duties, establish civil structures and to keep order, also they could own some mineral field, they were avalaible to have some independent at some point.
The goverment of these colonies consisted in: A governor, a council and a populary elected assembly.
The goverments under propietary rule were similarly organized, the best know difference was who appointed the governing oficial, in these case could be the Lords Proprietors or the sovereign.
Culture. Food, behavior.
History. Common past.
Religion. Majority of shared faith.
Nationality. Belief in common ancestry.
Territory. Boundaries, like Lake Michigan.
Language. Common dialect.
Nation-state. An independent geopolitical unit of people having a common culture and identity.