▁York ▁de posed ▁the ▁domin ion ' s ▁lieutenant ▁governor ▁Francis ▁Nich ol son . ▁After ▁these ▁events , ▁the ▁colon ies ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁assemble d ▁into ▁the ▁domin ion ▁revert ed ▁to ▁their ▁previous ▁forms ▁of ▁government , ▁although ▁some ▁govern ed ▁formally ▁without ▁a ▁char ter . ▁King ▁William ▁III ▁of ▁England ▁and ▁Queen ▁Mary ▁II ▁eventually ▁issued ▁new ▁char ters . ▁ ▁Background ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁English ▁colon ies ▁were ▁established ▁in ▁North ▁America ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁West ▁Ind ies ▁during ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century , ▁with ▁varying ▁attributes . ▁Some ▁origin ated ▁as ▁commercial ▁vent ures , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Virginia ▁Col ony , ▁while ▁others ▁were ▁founded ▁for ▁religious ▁reasons , ▁such ▁as ▁P ly mouth ▁Col ony ▁and ▁Massachusetts ▁Bay ▁Col ony . ▁The ▁govern ments ▁of ▁the ▁colon ies ▁also ▁varied . ▁Virginia ▁became ▁a ▁crown ▁col ony , ▁despite ▁its ▁corpor ate ▁beginning , ▁while ▁Massachusetts ▁and ▁other ▁New ▁England ▁colon ies ▁had ▁corpor ate ▁char ters ▁and ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁of ▁administrative ▁freedom . ▁Other ▁areas ▁were ▁propriet ary ▁colon ies , ▁such ▁as ▁Maryland ▁and ▁Carolina , ▁owned ▁and ▁operated ▁by ▁one ▁or ▁a ▁few ▁individuals . ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁English ▁Rest oration ▁in ▁ 1 6 6 0 , ▁King ▁Charles ▁II ▁sought ▁to ▁stream line ▁the ▁administration ▁of ▁these ▁colonial ▁territ ories . ▁Charles ▁and ▁his ▁government ▁began ▁a ▁process ▁that ▁brought ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁the ▁colon ies ▁under ▁direct ▁crown ▁control . ▁One