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CHARTER
Sir Walter Raleigh received permission from Queen Elizabeth I to establish the colony of Roanoke in the late 16th century.
1585
King James I of England granted permission to establish the Virginia colony. In 1606, he issued a charter to the Virginia Company, which allowed the company to establish settlements in the New World. This led to the founding of Jamestown in 1607, the first permanent English settlement in North America.
Charles I granted permission to build the colony of Maryland to Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore. In 1632, Calvert received a charter that allowed him to establish the colony as a refuge for English Catholics facing persecution. The colony was intended to promote religious tolerance and economic opportunity. Calvert's vision helped shape Maryland's early development and culture.
the English government's persecution of Roman Catholics led Lord Baltimore to establish the Maryland colony.
To establish an English colony and fort
Queen Elizabeth I first gave Sir Humphrey Gilbert (drowned in 1583) permission to establish an English settlement in Newfoundland. Since he died in the attempt, the queen then gave his half-brother, Sir Walter Raleigh, the charter. He established the settlement of Roanoke Colony in present day North Carolina which later became known as the "Lost Colony".
The first English colony to be established in the New World was the Jamestown colony. The last English colony in the New World was British Colombia which was not colonized until the mid 1800s.
An English explorer had set sail for the Americas.
Jamestown was establish on the north bank of the James River
A charter is a document from a monarch that gives permission to the holder to start a colony. Queen Elizabeth granted a charter to Sir Walter Raleigh on March 25, 1584, giving permission to start a colony in Virginia.