The most unusual feature of the charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was that it
a. Provided that the colony should be run as a religious commonwealth
b. Made the colony completely independent of all English authority
c. Assured the colonists all the rights they would have had if they had been born and living in England
d. Did not specify where the company's headquarters should be
e. Specified that only Parliament, not the King, was to have authority over the colony
Answer: d. Did not specify where the company's headquarters should be
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