The Virginia Company

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf joint-stock company
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Pocahontas
gptkb:Virginia_Company_of_London
gptkb:Anglo-Powhatan_Wars
gptkb:Powhatan_Confederacy
gptkb:Colonial_Virginia
gptkb:Virginia_Assembly
gptkb:House_of_Burgesses
gptkb:Virginia_Company_of_Plymouth
Cultural heritage
Economic development
Religious freedom
Royal Charter
Land grants
Crisis management
Colonial expansion
Economic exploitation
Cultural exchange
Trade routes
Cultural assimilation
Land ownership disputes
Settlement patterns
Plantation economy
Tobacco cultivation
Colonial infrastructure
Colonial governance
Colonial conflicts
Colonial legislation
Colonial administration challenges
Slavery introduction
Trade_monopolies
gptkbp:capital £12,000
gptkbp:certifications gptkb:King_James_I
gptkbp:dissolved 1624
financial difficulties
gptkbp:established gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:firstSeason 1606 charter
gptkbp:founded 1606
gptkbp:governance governor and council
gptkbp:historical_significance first permanent English settlement in America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Virginia Company
gptkbp:introduced indentured servitude
gptkbp:investmentFocus English_merchants
gptkbp:key_figure gptkb:John_Smith
gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Smith
gptkb:Sir_Edwin_Sandys
gptkbp:legacy American_colonial_history
gptkbp:location gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Jamestown
gptkbp:purpose establishing_settlements_in_North_America
gptkbp:reform gptkb:Virginia_Council
gptkbp:relationship gptkb:Native_Americans
gptkbp:revenue joint-stock investment
gptkbp:rival gptkb:Spanish_Empire
gptkbp:secondaryRole 1609 charter
1612 charter
gptkbp:sells timber
tobacco
furs
gptkbp:significantEvent Starving Time
gptkbp:succeededBy gptkb:Virginia_Colony
gptkbp:type commercial enterprise