Virginia company
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Virginia Company, also called London Company or commercial
trading company, chartered by King James I of England in April 1606 with the objective 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
1619 the company established continental America’s first true legislature.
Despite
increasing prosperity in Virginia over the following years, the company’s role
came under attack as internecine disputes among the shareholders grew and as
the king himself became offended both by the trend toward popular government in
Virginia and by the colony’s efforts to raise tobacco.
The court ruled against the Virginia Company, which
was then dissolved, with the result that Virginia was transformed into a royal
colony.
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