In each colony in 1750 were to be found two sets of governing organizations, - the local and the general.

Each colony became accustomed to planting new settlements and to claiming new boundaries.

In some of the middle colonies the towns and counties were both active and had a relation with each other which was the forerunner of the present system of local government in the Western States.

The growth of constitutional government, as we now understand it, was promoted by the establishment of two different sets of machinery for making laws and carrying on government.

More emphasis was thus thrown upon the local governments than in England.

In any event, colonization and the grant of lands were provincial matters.