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A charter is a written grant of authority and power given to an individual or a company. So, a charter colony is a colony that has been charted to an individual or company. In the 1600s and 1700s, the British Empire set up charter colonies in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts Bay Colony.
