▁All ▁of ▁the ▁existing ▁land ▁titles ▁in ▁Massachusetts ▁had ▁been ▁granted ▁under ▁the ▁now - v ac ated ▁colonial ▁char ter ; ▁in ▁ess ence , ▁And ros ▁declared ▁them ▁to ▁be ▁void , ▁and ▁required ▁land own ers ▁to ▁rec ert ify ▁their ▁ownership , ▁pay ing ▁fe es ▁to ▁the ▁domin ion ▁and ▁becoming ▁subject ▁to ▁the ▁charge ▁of ▁a ▁quit - rent . ▁ ▁And ros ▁attempted ▁to ▁comp el ▁the ▁cert ification ▁of ▁ownership ▁by ▁issu ing ▁writ s ▁of ▁intr usion , ▁but ▁large ▁land own ers ▁who ▁owned ▁many ▁parc els ▁cont ested ▁these ▁individually , ▁rather ▁than ▁rec ert ifying ▁all ▁of ▁their ▁lands . ▁The ▁number ▁was ▁small ▁of ▁new ▁titles ▁issued ▁during ▁the ▁And ros ▁regime ; ▁ 2 0 0 ▁applications ▁were ▁made , ▁but ▁only ▁about ▁ 2 0 ▁of ▁those ▁were ▁approved . ▁ ▁Connecticut ▁char ter ▁And ros ' ▁commission ▁included ▁Connecticut , ▁and ▁he ▁asked ▁Connecticut ▁Governor ▁Robert ▁Tre at ▁to ▁surrender ▁the ▁colonial ▁char ter ▁not ▁long ▁after ▁his ▁arrival ▁in ▁Boston . ▁Connecticut ▁officials ▁formally ▁acknowled ged ▁And ros ' ▁authority , ▁unlike ▁Rh ode ▁Island , ▁whose ▁officials ▁acc eded ▁to ▁the ▁domin ion ▁but ▁in ▁fact ▁did ▁little ▁to ▁assist ▁him . ▁Connecticut ▁continued ▁to ▁run ▁their ▁government ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁char ter , ▁holding ▁quarter ly ▁meet ings ▁of ▁the ▁legisl ature ▁and ▁elect ing ▁col ony - wide ▁officials , ▁while ▁Tre at ▁and ▁And ros ▁negoti ated ▁over ▁the ▁surrender ▁of ▁the