Properties (47)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
joint-stock company
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gptkbp:associated_with |
Tobacco cultivation
Indentured servitude Native_American_relations |
gptkbp:dissolved |
1624
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gptkbp:economicActivity |
agriculture
fishing fur trading |
gptkbp:founded |
1606
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gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:London
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gptkbp:historical_significance |
development of trade routes
first permanent English settlement in America introduction of the headright system development of plantation economy impact on indigenous populations impact on colonial expansion influence on future colonies role in the transatlantic slave trade introduction of representative government establishment of tobacco as a cash crop establishment of land ownership systems legacy_in_American_history influence_on_American_identity role_in_the_spread_of_Christianity role_in_the_establishment_of_the_United_States influence_on_British_imperialism cultural_exchange_between_Europe_and_America contribution_to_English_colonial_policy contribution_to_the_English_Civil_War foundation_for_Virginia's_governance relationship_with_the_Powhatan_Confederacy |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Virginia Company
|
gptkbp:key_figure |
gptkb:Pocahontas
gptkb:John_Smith gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Smith gptkb:Sir_Edwin_Sandys gptkb:George_Yeardley |
gptkbp:legal_representation |
chartered company
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Virginia
|
gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:Jamestown
|
gptkbp:parent_company |
gptkb:King_James_I_of_England
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gptkbp:principal |
Royal Charter
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gptkbp:purpose |
establishing_settlements_in_North_America
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gptkbp:significantEvent |
gptkb:First_Anglo-Powhatan_War
Second Anglo-Powhatan War |
gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Virginia_Colony
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gptkbp:type |
commercial enterprise
|