Third Charter of Virginia

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The Third Charter of Virginia was a 1612 royal charter that restructured and expanded the powers and territory of the Virginia Company, further shaping the governance of the English colony in North America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial charter ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
royal charter ⓘ
appliesTo governor and council of Virginia ⓘ
shareholders of the Virginia Company ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Virginia Company of London ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateIssued 1612 ⓘ
effect expanded corporate powers of the Virginia Company ⓘ
extended territorial claims of the Virginia Company ⓘ
incorporated the Somers Isles (Bermuda) into the Virginia Company’s patent ⓘ
modified governance structure of the Virginia colony ⓘ
fieldOfWork colonial administration ⓘ
imperial governance ⓘ
follows Second Charter of Virginia ⓘ
genre colonial charter ⓘ
grantedBy James I of England ⓘ
linked to: James VI and I
hasHistoricalPeriod English colonization of North America ⓘ
linked to: Colonial America

early 17th century ⓘ
hasImpactOn corporate colonization in English America ⓘ
development of representative government in Virginia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalForm letters patent ⓘ
legalStatus historical document ⓘ
locationOfEffect Bermuda ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
mainSubject Virginia Company of London ⓘ
governance of the Virginia colony ⓘ
partOf legal framework of the Virginia Company ⓘ
series of Virginia Company charters ⓘ
pointInTime 1612 ⓘ
publisher English Crown ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England
purpose to define governance of the English colony in Virginia ⓘ
to expand the powers of the Virginia Company ⓘ
to expand the territory under the Virginia Company ⓘ
to restructure the Virginia Company of London ⓘ
relatedTo Bermuda colony ⓘ
Colony of Virginia ⓘ
First Charter of Virginia ⓘ
Second Charter of Virginia ⓘ
Virginia Company of London ⓘ
signedBy King James I of England ⓘ
linked to: James VI and I

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Second Charter of Virginia → followedBy → Third Charter of Virginia ⓘ
First Charter of Virginia → successorDocument → Third Charter of Virginia ⓘ
English colonial leadership in Virginia → hadLegalBasis → Third Charter of Virginia (1612) ⓘ
linked to: Third Charter of Virginia
Treasurer of the Virginia Company of London → hasLegalBasis → Third Virginia Charter of 1612 ⓘ
linked to: Third Charter of Virginia