Chapter 2: The Planting Of English America 1500-1733 Flashcards
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Joint stock company
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A given charter by the king
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Jamestown
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1606: VA Company of London came to Jamestown VA. Came for promises of gold and desire of the passage
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Charter of Virginia Company
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Important document because it guaranteed the overseas settlers to the same rights of Englishmen that they would of had at home
Gradually nourished idea of independence
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Virginia Company
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Landed in Jamestown with 3 ships near mouth of Chesapeake Bay. Settled on banks of James River, named after King James I