The New England Colonies New Hampshire Province, chartered as a British colony in 1679 Massachusetts Bay Province chartered as a British colony in1692 Rhode Island Colony chartered as a British colony in 1663 Connecticut Colony chartered as a British colony in 1662 The Middle Colonies New York Province, chartered as a British colony in 1686 New Jersey Province, chartered as a British colony in 1702 Pennsylvania Province, a proprietary colony established in 1681 Delaware Colony (before 1776, the Lower Counties on the Delaware River), a proprietary colony established in 1664 The Southern Colonies Maryland Province, a proprietary colony established in 1632 Virginia Dominion and Colony, a British colony established in 1607 Carolina Province, a proprietary colony established 1663 Divided Provinces of North and South Carolina, each chartered as British colonies in 1729 Georgia Province, a British colony established in 1732
The president is commander in chief and has the power to control the military. This allows him to enact martial law which can be used on our own soil to put down rebellions and threats to our public peace as well as our institution.
