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- Rhode_Island_Royal_Charter abstract "The Royal Charter of 1663 was a colonial charter giving English royal recognition to the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, providing a foundation for the government, and outlining broad freedoms for the inhabitants of that colony. Having been the guiding document for the government of Rhode Island over a period of 180 years, it was the oldest constitutional charter in the world at the time of its retirement in 1843. It was drafted by Rhode Island's agent in England, Dr. John Clarke, and then approved by England's monarch King Charles II in July 1663, and delivered to the colony the following November. Being read by Captain George Baxter to the freemen of the Rhode Island colony on 24 November 1663, the Assembly voted that words of humble thanks be sent to the King, and a gratuity sent to Dr. Clarke and to Mr. Baxter. Within the charter are provisions far different from those found in the charters of other colonies, one of them being the recognition that the aboriginal people of the colony were the rightful owners of the land, and that any land used by the colonists was to first be purchased of the natives, and later be recognized by a grant or patent from the crown, a situation reversed from that found in any other colonial arrangement. Another special feature of the charter was its extensive protection of the rights of conscience, a provision very different from the prevailing spirit of the era. The laws of England required uniformity in religious belief, and this incorporation of religious freedom became the sole distinguishing feature of the history of Rhode Island. A final remarkable point about this document is that it offered democratic freedoms to the colony not found in any other charter. The people would elect their own officers and make their own laws, within very broad guidelines, a degree of liberty highly unusual coming from the throne of a monarch.This charter gave definition to the executive and legislative branches of the government, stated numbers of representatives from each town, and specifically named the Governor, Deputy Governor and the ten Assistants who would initiate the new government under its terms. Only after specific aportionments of town representatives could no longer be done justly under the charter, was the document replaced in 1843, after serving as the guiding force of both the colony and the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations for nearly two centuries. Historian Thomas Bicknell described the charter as "the grandest instrument of human liberty ever constructed."".
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- Rhode_Island_Royal_Charter dateCreated "July 1663".
- Rhode_Island_Royal_Charter documentName "Royal Charter of 1663".
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- Rhode_Island_Royal_Charter locationOfDocument "Rhode Island State House, Providence".
- Rhode_Island_Royal_Charter purpose "Establish the government of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations".
- Rhode_Island_Royal_Charter signers "King Charles II of England".
- Rhode_Island_Royal_Charter writer John_Clarke_(Baptist_minister).
- Rhode_Island_Royal_Charter subject Category:1663_in_the_Thirteen_Colonies.
- Rhode_Island_Royal_Charter subject Category:History_of_the_Thirteen_Colonies.
- Rhode_Island_Royal_Charter subject Category:Pre-statehood_history_of_Rhode_Island.
- Rhode_Island_Royal_Charter subject Category:Thirteen_Colonies_documents.
- Rhode_Island_Royal_Charter subject Category:United_States_historical_documents.
- Rhode_Island_Royal_Charter comment "The Royal Charter of 1663 was a colonial charter giving English royal recognition to the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, providing a foundation for the government, and outlining broad freedoms for the inhabitants of that colony. Having been the guiding document for the government of Rhode Island over a period of 180 years, it was the oldest constitutional charter in the world at the time of its retirement in 1843. It was drafted by Rhode Island's agent in England, Dr.".
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