Colony of Virginia (charter colony)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Colony_of_Virginia_(charter_colony)
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf charter colony
gptkbp:area Included present-day Virginia and parts of surrounding states
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Jamestown
gptkbp:charteredBy James I of England
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Anglo-Powhatan_Wars
gptkbp:currency Pound sterling
gptkbp:dissolved 1624
gptkbp:economy Tobacco cultivation
gptkbp:established 1607
gptkbp:firstGeneralAssembly 1619
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:Virginia_Company
gptkbp:hasIndigenousPeoples gptkb:Powhatan_Confederacy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colony of Virginia (charter colony)
gptkbp:laborSystem gptkb:Slavery
Indentured servitude
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:House_of_Burgesses
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:monarch James I of England
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_I
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Starving_Time
First permanent English settlement in North America
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:John_Smith
gptkb:John_Rolfe
gptkb:Pocahontas
gptkb:George_Yeardley
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Roanoke_Colony
gptkbp:purpose Spread of Christianity
Economic venture
Expansion of English territory
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:status Revoked charter in 1624
gptkbp:successor Colony of Virginia (Crown colony)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Colony_of_Virginia_(royal_colony)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7