In this expert from the wife of charlotte bronte by elizabeth gaskell, what is the meaning of underlined words

there were three types of british colonies: royal, proprietary, and self-governing. each type had its own characteristics. proprietary colonies, such as pennsylvania, maryland, and delaware, were basically land grants from the british government.

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regarding the law, the 15th amendment was specifically designed thinking in the rights of black free men.

even though ratified on february 3, 1870, the promise of the 15th amendment would not be fully applied for a long time.poll taxes and literacy tests would allow southern states disenfranchise african americans. only in 1965 the voting rights for african americans would be actually able to vote in the south.

in 1965, president johnson signed the voting rights act, which aimed to overcome legal barriers that prevented african americans from voting as it was guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the u.s. constitution.

2 another reason colonist hello

3 reasons colonist gave for not supporting the revolution are

1 they were scared of the british

some colonist were scard of british because they know what the other colinest were doing was treason and could result in execution so they decided not to participate in it

2 some colonist were loyal to britian   which were called the loyalist

many families were serpeated   because of this son and father 1 wetn to fight in the war the other fought aganiust them which created alot of dispute between the family and   they were revolted that there families were fighting aganist them

3   aswell some colinist also   were promised freedom and protected for them to fight on the side of the british so they fought for the british in return for there freedom and protection

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