The charter of 1606 was issued by King James I to the Virginia Company.
King James I of England
King James I was responsible for writing the Virginia Company of London charter. It was established in 1606 and lasted until 1624.
The Charter of 1606 is a document from King James I of England to the Virginia Company. It gave land rights to colonists for the sole purpose of propagating the Christian religion.
In 1605 a company of English merchants asked King James I for the right to found, or establish, a settlement. In 1606 the king granted the request of the company to settle in a region called Virginia.
King James I granted a charter to a group of English businessmen.
King James I granted the merchants a charter to establish a colony called Virginia. It gave the Virginia Company authority over a large portion of North America's Atlantic Coastline. When the first colonists arrived in Virginia in 1607, the hundred men that had sailed into Chesapeake Bay built a fort called Jamestown. It would later prove to be England's first permanent settlement in North America.
King James I granted the merchants a charter to establish a colony called Virginia. It gave the Virginia Company authority over a large portion of North America's Atlantic Coastline. When the first colonists arrived in Virginia in 1607, the hundred men that had sailed into Chesapeake Bay built a fort called Jamestown. It would later prove to be England's first permanent settlement in North America.
King James I granted the merchants a charter to establish a colony called Virginia. It gave the Virginia Company authority over a large portion of North America's Atlantic Coastline. When the first colonists arrived in Virginia in 1607, the hundred men that had sailed into Chesapeake Bay built a fort called Jamestown. It would later prove to be England's first permanent settlement in North America.
King James I granted a charter to the Virginia Company, a group of London-based entrepreneurs, in June of 1606. The charter granted the group the right to settle in the new world (North American continent), and found an English satellite colony there. The settlers landed on Jamestown Island on May 14th, 1607, and founded Jamestown on the banks of the James river, approximately 60 miles from Chesapeake Bay. Jamestown was the first settlement of English citizens, in what is now known as the United States of America.
The Virginia Company of London, a joint-stock company, founded Jamestown in 1607. Its primary aim was to establish a permanent English settlement in North America and to profit from the resources of the New World. The company received a charter from King James I, which granted it the authority to settle and govern the territory in Virginia.
Virginia became a crown or royal colony in 1624 when King James I took away the charter from the Virginia Company. Members of this company had established the Jamestown settlement in 1607 in Virginia.