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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
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