Virginia Company

history

Jamestown, founded in 1607, was shaped by shifting forms of authority as English colonists struggled to survive in a new environment. In the earliest months, leadership emerged...

history

The question of who sent settlers to Virginia centers on the English joint-stock Virginia Company of London, which organized and financed the initial settlement at Jamestown in...

history

Virginia was founded to generate profit and strengthen England’s imperial position by exploiting the North American Atlantic coast. The Virginia Company of London, a joint-sto...

History and Colonial Governance

Was Jamestown a royal colony? Yes, Jamestown became a royal colony in 1624, when the English Crown revoked the Virginia Company of London’s charter and took direct control of...