charter

(noun)

A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.

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Examples of charter in the following topics:

  • The Atlantic Charter

  • English Administration of the Colonies

    • Britain's 13 North American colonies reflected different structures of government: provincial, proprietary, and charter.
    • By 1776, Britain had evolved three different forms of government for its North American colonies: provincial, proprietary, and charter.
    • Massachusetts began as a charter colony in 1684 but became a provincial colony in 1691.
    • In a charter colony, Britain granted a charter to the colonial government establishing the rules under which the colony was to be governed.
    • The charters of Rhode Island and Connecticut granted the colonists significantly more political liberty than other colonies.
  • The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)

    • Congress to regulate, charter, and supervise federal credit unions.
    • The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is the United States independent federal agency that supervises and charters federal credit unions.
    • NCUA also insures savings in federal- and most state-chartered credit unions across the country through the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF), a federal fund backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government.
    • The chartering of credit unions in all states is due to the signing of the Federal Credit Union Act by President Franklin D.
    • As the insurer and regulator of federally chartered credit unions, the NCUA oversees credit union safety and soundness, much like the FDIC.
  • The United States Banking System

    • A bank chooses a charter from a state government or from the U.S. federal government.
    • A national bank receives a charter from the federal government, while a state bank receives a charter from a state government.
    • A state-chartered bank could have fewer regulations.
    • These institutions either have a charter from the federal government or a state government.
    • Most credit unions have charters from the National Credit Union Administration, which issues charters on the federal government's behalf.
  • Teaching at a Public School

    • Although most charter schools require teachers to have at least a bachelor's degree, certification requirements vary by state.
    • However, in most cases, charter school teachers earn less than their public school counterparts.
    • This sense of job "security" often does not exist in the charter school system, and should be considered, when looking for work.
    • Once you have decided on whether or not you are interested in working for a charter school or public school, you can begin a focused job search.
    • If you are more interested in the charter school scene, then you should contact the charter school association in your state or check out the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.
  • Georgia

    • The Province of Georgia was chartered as a proprietary colony in 1733 and was the last of the 13 original British colonies.
    • George II, for whom the colony was named, granted the colony's corporate charter to General James Oglethorpe in 1732.
    • The original charter specified the colony as the area between the Savannah and Altamaha rivers, up to their headwaters on the Ocmulgee River, and then extending westward "sea to sea."
    • The area within the charter had previously been part of the original grant of the Province of Carolina, which was closely linked to Georgia.
    • Oglethorpe imagined a province populated by "sturdy farmers" that could guard the border and because of this, the colony's charter prohibited slavery.
  • The Consumer Revolution

    • Charter companies played an important role in England's success at colonizing what would become the United States.
    • Charter companies were made up of groups of stockholders, usually merchants and wealthy landowners, who sought personal economic gain and, in some cases, wanted to advance England's national goals.
    • While the private sector financed the companies, the King provided each project with a charter or grant conferring economic rights and political and judicial authority.
    • Most of the colonies were slow to make profits, however, and the English investors often turned over their colonial charters to the settlers.
  • The Rise of the Assemblies

    • Prior to 1776 there were three forms of colonial government: provincial, proprietary, and charter.
    • The charter colonies included Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
    • The Massachusetts charter was revoked in 1684 and replaced by a provincial charter in 1691.
    • Charter governments were political corporations created by letters patent which gave the grantees control of the land and the powers of legislative government.
    • The essential difference between the charter colonies and the proprietory and provincal colonies was that property-owning men in the charter colonies could elect their own governors.
  • The Second Bank of the United States

    • The Second Bank of the United States was chartered in 1816, five years after the First Bank of the United States lost its own charter.
    • During this time, Maryland adopted a policy to restrict banks by placing a tax on any bank that was not chartered by the state legislature.
    • The Whigs and anti-Jackson National Republicans hoped they would gain enough seats in Congress during the election of 1836 to override a second Jackson veto, thereby extending the Bank's charter.
    • However, their strategy was not successful, and their coalition still lacked the necessary majority in Congress following the election to extend the Bank's charter.
    • In 1836, the Bank's charter was allowed to expire.
  • Settling the Southern Colonies

    • The colonies were originally chartered to compete in the race for colonies in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries.
    • George Calvert received a charter from King Charles I to found the colony of Maryland in 1634.
    • The next major development in the history of the Southern Colonies was the Province of Carolina, originally chartered in 1629.
    • Charles I eventually granted proprietary charters to the Plymouth Company and the London Company.
    • The 1732 charter created Georgia as a buffer state to protect the prosperous South Carolina from Spanish Florida, and required that debtors be shipped to free space in English jails.
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