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Jamestown was established by the Virginia Company of London, a group of English merchants and investors. They sought to profit from the resources of the New World through trade and colonization. The company received a charter from King James I in 1606, allowing them to create the first permanent English settlement in North America. Jamestown was founded in 1607, marking the beginning of English colonial ventures in the Americas.
King James I granted a charter to a group of English businessmen.
Puritans formed the New England company and received a royal charter to establish the Massachusetts Bay Company.
Puritans formed the New England company and received a royal charter to establish the Massachusetts Bay Company.
The Roanoke colony, one of the first English settlements in North America, was financed by a group of London merchants known as the "Adventurers" in the late 16th century. The venture was backed by Sir Walter Raleigh who obtained a charter from Queen Elizabeth I. The colonists were expected to establish a profitable colony in the New World.
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.
In 1629, the Governor and Company of Massachusetts Bay in New England, primarily made up of Puritan members, obtained a royal charter from King Charles I to establish the Massachusetts Bay colony in America.
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Charters are several groups of Merchants
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Companies would petition the English Crown for a charter or a 'patent' for the land and the ability to establish a colony.
A charter(:A charter was a written contract permitting the establishment of a colony.
Queen Elizabeth I issued a charter to Sir Walter Raleigh to establish a colony in America.
William Penn received a charter/land which was turned into Pennsylvania. I'm not exactly sure what city the charter helped him establish, I just know that William Penn had to do with Pennsylvania. :)
a charter :p