Virginia Company of London

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The Virginia Company of London was an English joint-stock company chartered in the early 17th century to finance and establish settlements in North America, most notably the Jamestown colony in Virginia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chartered company
joint-stock company
alsoKnownAs London Company
Virginia Company
charterDate 1606-04-10
charteredBy King James I of England
linked to: James VI and I
charterExtended 1609
1612
charterFeature monopoly on trade with Virginia
right to govern settlers
colonized Virginia
country Kingdom of England
dissolutionReason revocation of charter
dissolvedBy Court of King's Bench
endTime 1624
foundedBy King James I of England
linked to: James VI and I
foundedColony Bermuda
Colony of Virginia
Henricus
Jamestown
grantedBy Royal Charter
headquartersLocation London
linked to: London, England
industry colonial enterprise
overseas trade
introducedCrop commercial tobacco cultivation in Virginia
introducedInstitution House of Burgesses
representative government in English America
legalForm joint-stock company
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity England
London
linked to: London, England
notableLeader Sir Edwin Sandys
Sir Thomas Gates
Sir Thomas Smythe
linked to: Thomas Smythe

Sir Thomas West, Lord De La Warr
operatedIn North America
Virginia Colony
organizedVoyage Discovery (ship)
linked to: HMS Discovery

Godspeed
Susan Constant
purpose establish English settlements in North America
exploit natural resources of Virginia
find a northwest passage to Asia
find precious metals
sentExpedition 1607 Jamestown expedition
linked to: Jamestown
shareholderType English nobility
London merchants
private investors
startTime 1606
successor Crown Colony of Virginia

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Colony and Dominion of Virginia establishedBy Virginia Company of London
Colony and Dominion of Virginia precededBy Virginia Company colony
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Sea Venture shipwreck relatedTo Virginia Company
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Sea Venture shipwreck operator Virginia Company of London
Second Charter of Virginia grantedTo Virginia Company of London
Jamestown foundedBy Virginia Company of London
Virginia Company of London alsoKnownAs London Company
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Virginia Company of London alsoKnownAs Virginia Company
linked to: Virginia Company of London
John Rolfe associatedWithCompany Virginia Company of London
John Smith employer Virginia Company of London
Sea Venture operator Virginia Company
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Sea Venture ownedBy Virginia Company of London
George Somers associatedWith Virginia Company
linked to: Virginia Company of London
William Strachey employer Virginia Company of London
Deliverance operatedBy Virginia Company of London
Patience ownedBy Virginia Company of London
St. George’s, Bermuda foundedBy Virginia Company
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Jamestown Exposition honoredEntity Virginia Company of London
Richard Moore appointedBy Virginia Company of London
Third Charter of Virginia appliesToJurisdiction Virginia Company of London
Third Charter of Virginia mainSubject Virginia Company of London
Third Charter of Virginia relatedTo Virginia Company of London
Shirley Plantation originalLandGrantBy Virginia Company of London
James Fort foundedBy Virginia Company of London
Starving Time (1609–1610) appliesToJurisdiction London Company
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Starving Time (1609–1610) significantParticipant Virginia Company of London
Powhatan peoples encountered Virginia Company colonists
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Matoaka associatedWith Virginia Company of London
Godspeed operatedBy Virginia Company of London
Godspeed sponsoredBy Virginia Company
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Susan Constant operator Virginia Company of London
Susan Constant sponsoredBy Virginia Company of London
Susan Constant relatedTo Virginia Company of London
Sir Edwin Sandys memberOf Virginia Company of London
Tsenacommacah colonialConflictWith Virginia Company of London
Henricus partOf Virginia Company of London colony
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Henricus foundedBy Virginia Company of London
A Map of Virginia associatedWith Virginia Company of London
Christopher Newport employer Virginia Company of London
Rebecca Rolfe associatedWith Virginia Company of London
English colonization of Bermuda governingCompany Virginia Company
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Third Supply mission to Jamestown partOf Virginia Company expeditions
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Third Supply mission to Jamestown operator Virginia Company of London
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr associatedWith Virginia Company of London
subject linked to: Lord De La Warr
Jamestown Island foundedBy Virginia Company of London
Somers Isles Company relatedTo Virginia Company
linked to: Virginia Company of London