The document summarizes the different types of colonial political systems in British North America: royal colonies, charter colonies, and proprietary colonies. Royal colonies were directly ruled by the English monarchy and had governors appointed by the king. Charter colonies were granted self-governance through a royal charter and could elect their own governors. Proprietary colonies were granted to proprietors who had full governing rights and appointed governors. All colonial governments had a governor with executive power, a legislature consisting of an elected lower house and appointed upper house, and followed certain basic principles like elected legislatures and democratic systems, though not all citizens could vote.