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Philip Carteret; French: Philippe de Carteret; (1639–1682) was the first Governor of New Jersey as an English proprietary colony, from 1665 to 1673 and governor of East New Jersey from 1674 to 1682.
Carteret Community College is a public community college in Morehead City, North Carolina. It was founded in 1963 and serves residents of Carteret County, North Carolina . Carteret Community College is one of 58 institutions comprising the North Carolina Community College System .
Andros returned with a mandate from the Duke of York to control both colonies and attempted to assert his authority. Governor Carteret continued to resist his claim. [68] After Sir George Carteret's death in 1680 and Philip Carteret's acquittal, Andros assumed authority over the colony for 10 months. [69]
The colonial colleges are nine institutions of higher education chartered in the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution before the founding of the United States. [1] These nine have long been considered together, notably since the survey of their origins in the 1907 The Cambridge History of English and American Literature .
Governor Carteret may refer to: Philip Carteret (colonial governor) (1639–1682), 1st Governor of the Colony of New Jersey from 1665 to 1673 and Governor of East New Jersey from 1674 to 1682 Peter Carteret (1641–after 1676), Governor of the British colony of Albemarle from 1670 to 1672
Schools in Carteret County, North Carolina (3 P) Pages in category "Education in Carteret County, North Carolina" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
When there was an absentee governor or an interval between governors, the council acted as the government. [30] The governor's council also functioned as the upper house of the colonial legislature. In most colonies, the council could introduce bills, pass resolutions, and consider and act upon petitions.
The Governor was appointed by the Lords Proprietors and was allowed to select his own Council, which constituted the upper branch of the Legislature. The new colony attracted many settlers because Berkeley and Sir George Carteret sold the land to the colonists at low prices and allowed them political and religious freedoms.