Proprietary Government Flashcards
Who is a Proprietary governor?
Persons appointed by Lord Proprietors to govern proprietary colonies
What is Proprietary Government?
A government under the control of the Lord Proprietors
Name 3 Lord Proprietors.
John, Lord Berkley, Sir Peter Colleton, and Sir George Carteret
On which date did Proprietary Government begin in The Bahamas?
November 1st, 1670
Which governor was an ex pirate?
John Wentworth, 1672
Which governor sold gunpowder to pirates?
Cadwallader Jones, 1690
Who was the best Proprietor Governor?
Nicholas Trott, 1693
Who was the worst Proprietor Governor?
Cadwallader Jones, 1690
Who gave permission for privateers to destroy ships in Bahamian waters?
Robert Clarke, 1680
What was the new name for Charles Town?
Nassau
Which year was Fort Nassau completed?
1697
Charles Town was completely destroyed in what year?
1684
Who (did not like the people) tried to bring the inhabitants ‘to reason’?
Charles Chillingworth, 1676
Why was he considered the worst proprietor governor?
Cadwallader Jones never did anything to benefit the Proprietors nor the settlement. He sold gunpowders to pirates and never persecuted them for any crimes they committed
Why was he considered the best proprietor governor?
Nicholas Trott built a new fort for the protection against the Spanish and built a new town. The town was named Nassau
What period did the proprietary government took place in?
The years of the buccaneers and pirates
Who was the appointed the first official Proprietary Governor but died before he arrived and never made it to the island?
Hugh Wentworth, 1671
Why did Governor Lilburne went home?
There were no homes left in Nassau
Who was a Jamaican preacher?
Thomas Bridges, 1686
What were the 3 reasons for the failure of the Proprietary Government in The Bahamas?
They failed to look after their colonies since they only wanted to make money from them, they didn’t visit the colonies, showing that they didn’t care and pirates were welcomed in The Bahamas by them and cause Fort Nassau to be destroyed by the pirates.
What problems did the Bahamas experience before the establishment of Proprietary Government?
There was no law and order and no government to run in the Bahamas
Was the Proprietary Government successful in The Bahamas?
No because they were insufficient and corrupt
