Somers Isles Company

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The Somers Isles Company was an English chartered company that administered and exploited the colony of Bermuda (then called the Somers Isles) in the 17th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English chartered company ⓘ
colonial trading company ⓘ
administered Bermuda ⓘ
Somers Isles ⓘ
administeredColonyInCentury Bermuda in the 17th century ⓘ
charteredBy English Crown ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England

King James I of England ⓘ
linked to: James VI and I
colonialPowerOf Bermuda ⓘ
continentOfTerritory North America ⓘ
controlled land tenure in Bermuda ⓘ
political institutions of Bermuda ⓘ
trade of Bermuda ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
economicPolicy monopoly over Bermuda exports ⓘ
exploited Bermuda ⓘ
governanceType proprietary colony administration ⓘ
governed Somers Isles colony ⓘ
linked to: Bermuda colony
historicalEra Age of Sail ⓘ
English colonial era ⓘ
historicalNameOfTerritory Somers Isles for Bermuda ⓘ
linked to: Somers Isles
influencedDevelopmentOf Bermuda economy ⓘ
Bermuda political system ⓘ
Bermuda society ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalForm joint-stock company ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean region ⓘ
namedAfter Sir George Somers ⓘ
linked to: George Somers
operatedInCentury 17th century ⓘ
partOf English colonial empire ⓘ
politicalStatusOfTerritory proprietary colony under English Crown ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities agricultural exploitation ⓘ
land distribution ⓘ
tobacco cultivation ⓘ
region British North America ⓘ
linked to: British America
relatedTo Virginia Company ⓘ
colonization of Bermuda ⓘ
religionInfluence Anglicanism in Bermuda ⓘ
seaRegionOfTerritory North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: North Atlantic
successorTerritory Crown Colony of Bermuda ⓘ
linked to: Bermuda colony
territorialJurisdiction Bermuda archipelago ⓘ
usedName Somers Isles ⓘ

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Somers Isles → governedBy → Somers Isles Company ⓘ
Third Charter of Virginia → effect → incorporated the Somers Isles (Bermuda) into the Virginia Company’s patent ⓘ
linked to: Somers Isles Company