According to Google, Confucius was born in the year 551 BC. Gunpowder was used by the people of the T'ang Dynasty around 700 AD (however gunpowder wasn't used as a weapon until 904 AD.) 551 BC + 700 AD = 1, 251.
So the birth of Confucius and gunpowder have around 1, 251 years of difference.
Royal Colonies they were under direct control of the king. Proprietary colonies the people that lived there were had a land and made their own rules. Proprietary colonies is a in which at least one private land proprietors hold rights that are regularly and in time dependably moved toward becoming the benefit of the state. Charter colonies were driven by governors chosen by male property proprietors.