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Plymouth Colony did not have a royal charter authorizing it to form a government, yet some means of governance was needed. The Mayflower Compact was the colony's first governing document, signed by the 41 able-bodied Separatists aboard the Mayflower upon their arrival in Provincetown Harbor on November 21, 1620.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charter colony is one of the three classes of colonial government established in the 17th century English colonies in North America, the other classes being proprietary colony and royal colony.The colonies of Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts Bay were charter colonies.In a charter colony, Britain granted a charter to the colonial government establishing the rules under which the colony was to be governed.The charters of Rhode Island and Connecticut granted the colonists significantly more political liberty than other colonies.rom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charter colony is one of the three classes of colonial government established in the 17th century English colonies in North America, the other classes being proprietary colony and royal colony.