Pennsylvania proprietors

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The Pennsylvania proprietors were the colonial-era landowning authorities who held and managed the proprietary rights to the Province of Pennsylvania before the American Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial landowning authority
proprietary government
appliesToJurisdiction Pennsylvania Colony
Province of Pennsylvania
basedOn royal charter of 1681
compensationReceivedFrom Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
linked to: Pennsylvania
compensationYear late 18th century
conflict Native American nations over land cessions
Pennsylvania Assembly
Quaker political leaders
frontier settlers over land titles
country Kingdom of Great Britain
dissolvedAsConsequenceOf American Revolution
endTime 1776
exercisedPowerThrough governor of Pennsylvania
provincial council of Pennsylvania
foundedBy William Penn
hasAuthorityOver appointment of some colonial officials
land grants in Pennsylvania
quit-rents in Pennsylvania
sale of land in Pennsylvania
hasPart John Penn (the governor)
Penn family
Richard Penn Jr.
Richard Penn Sr.
linked to: Richard Penn

Thomas Penn
William Penn
inception 1681
legalForm hereditary proprietorship
mainSubject colonial administration
land tenure
proprietary rights
notableMember John Penn (the governor)
Richard Penn Jr.
Richard Penn Sr.
linked to: Richard Penn

Thomas Penn
William Penn
opposedBy Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania anti-proprietary party
receivedCharterFrom Charles II of England
reformDemand conversion of Pennsylvania to royal colony
religion Quakerism (for William Penn)
rightsAbolishedBy Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
linked to: Pennsylvania
significantEvent French and Indian War land disputes
Paxton Boys unrest context
Walking Purchase
territoryIncludes parts of present-day Delaware
present-day Pennsylvania

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Charles Mason employer Pennsylvania proprietors
Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly conflictsWith Pennsylvania proprietors
Richard Penn notableFor proprietorship of Pennsylvania
linked to: Pennsylvania proprietors