English Settle Jamestown
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Economics, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution, Geography
- Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Empires, Dynasties, British Empire
- Curriculum: American Colonial History (1607-1775), British History, Renaissance History, 17th Century European History
- Geographical Location: Virginia
- Date: May 14, 1607
Article abstract: The English settle Jamestown, making it the first permanent English settlement in the New World and the foundation of an extensive English empire in North America.
Summary of Event
On December 20, 1606, the Virginia Company of London, a stock company acting under a charter granted by King James I, sent out three ships, commanded by Captain Christopher Newport, with 144 settlers to establish a trading post in Virginia. Investors in the company, modeled after the highly successful East India Company, hoped to profit from trade with the...
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