The Virginia Company was an English trading company chartered by King James I on 10 April 1606 with the objective of colonizing the eastern coast of America...
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The London Company, officially known as the Virginia Company of London, was a division of the Virginia Company with responsibility for colonizing the...
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Raleigh in the late 1580s. The founder of the second colony was the Virginia Company, chartered by King James I, with its first two settlements being in...
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Plymouth Company, officially known as the Virginia Company of Plymouth, was a company chartered by King James in 1606 along with the Virginia Company of London...
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The governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia serves as the head of government of Virginia for a four-year term. The incumbent, Glenn Youngkin, was sworn...
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This is a list of companies in the United States by state where their headquarters is located: ABC Stores (Honolulu) Alexander & Baldwin (Honolulu) Aloha...
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The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of...
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John Ferrar (redirect from John Ferrar (Deputy Treasurer, Virginia Company))
Nicholas Ferrar the Elder, he was deputy governor and treasurer of the Virginia Company of London under Edwin Sandys. Ferrar was born on 2 December 1588, the...
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House of Burgesses (redirect from Virginia House of Burgesses)
or settlement in England. The Colony of Virginia was founded by a joint-stock company, the Virginia Company, as a private venture, though under a royal...
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ships of the English Virginia Company on the 1606–1607 voyage that resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia. Captained by Christopher...
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