I believe that they managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence
He won the first battle of bull run, the battle of chancellorsville and he graduated from west point academy 17th of 59 students
If you're just asking for clarification, that is correct. :)
With the exception of New York and several Caribbean islands, a majority of England's 17th century American colonies were corporate. Between settlement and the American Revolution, however, the royal colony became the standard form of colonial government.