royal governor
Monarch's colonial administrator
A royal governor was an official appointed by a monarch to administer a colony or territory on the crown's behalf.
In American history, royal governors ruled the thirteen colonies before independence, wielding executive authority that often clashed with colonial assemblies: The royal governor dissolved the legislature when it defied the king's orders.
The term appears mainly in historical contexts.
- colonialOf occupied territories
- colonial ruleForeign power's territorial dominion
- viceroyRoyal colonial governor
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
parliament · appointed · magistrate · plantation · assembly · redcoat · decree · loyalist · taxation · no taxation without representation · tea party · charter · rebellion · dominion · monarchy · King George · authority · edict
royal governorrevolutionary leader
Head of armed uprising
president · independence leader · state governor · Samuel Adams · George Washington
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