The early Massachusetts Bay colony's governance is best characterized as a Charter colony.
<h3>What is Charter colony?</h3>
The English colonies in North America were divided into three tiers of colonial governance in the 17th century: proprietary colony, royal colony, and charter colony. Among the charter colonies were Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. In a colony that was chartered, the colonial government was given a charter by the King that set the guidelines for how the colony would be run. The colonists were given much more political freedom by the charters of Connecticut and Rhode Island than by the charters of other colonies. After the American Revolution, Rhode Island and Connecticut still referred to their colonial charters as their state constitutions.
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