Question

Virginia was started by a joint-stock company called the Virginia Company, who settled at Jamestown in 1607. What were initial settlers after? A. precious metals and riches B. new land for the English king C. religious and political freedom D. homes to start new families

Answer 1

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Granted a charter by King James I in 1606, the Virginia Company was a joint-stock company created to establish settlements in the New World. This is a seal of the Virginia Company, which established the first English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607..

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The risk was small, and the returns were fairly quick. Granted a charter by King James I in 1606, the Virginia Company was a joint-stock company created to establish settlements in the New World. This is a seal of the Virginia Company, which established the first English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.

Answer 2

B. New land for the English king.

• In 1606, the Virginia Company, a joint-stock company, was founded to establish a permanent English colony in North America with the goal to reap similar successes as the Spanish had done with their growing empire in parts of modern-day Mexico.
• Virginia Company was a commercial trading company, chartered by King James I of England in April 1606 with the object of colonizing the eastern coast of North America.
• In December 1606 the Virginia Company sent out three ships carrying approximately 105 colonists led by Christopher Newport. In May 1607 the colonists reached Virginia and founded the Jamestown Colony at the mouth of the James River.
• After some initial hardships, the colony took root, and the Virginia Company itself was reconstituted on a broader legal basis. A new charter in 1609 reorganized its governing structure.

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