Virginia Company

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf joint-stock company
gptkbp:associated_with Tobacco cultivation
Indentured servitude
Native_American_relations
gptkbp:dissolved 1624
gptkbp:economicActivity agriculture
fishing
fur trading
gptkbp:founded 1606
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:London
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
gptkbp:location gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Jamestown
gptkbp:parent_company gptkb:King_James_I_of_England
gptkbp:principal Royal Charter
gptkbp:purpose establishing_settlements_in_North_America
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:First_Anglo-Powhatan_War
Second Anglo-Powhatan War
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Virginia_Colony
gptkbp:type commercial enterprise