There were three types of colonies. In the first, called a Self governing colony, a territory was granted to a group of people. They were able to vote and could choose their own government. The second, called a Royal colony, was governed directly or indirectly by the British Crown. In the last kind (called a Proprietary colony), a territory was granted to a proprietor or individual, who was entrusted to govern the colony

Explanation:

There were three types of colonies, Self governing, royal and proprietary.

King owned the royal colonies

Proprietary colonies were land grants from the British government. Individuals were given huge tracts of land in return for financial and political favors. they could govern and supervise the colonies. The colonial governors were directly answerable to the king. Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland were proprietary colonies.

Self governing colonies were formed by the charters given to joint stock colonies by the king. Such companies had their own government in the colonies that was independent of the crown. Rhode island and Connecticut were self governing colonies.

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