Virginia Company
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virginia-company-229-1581968
title:
Virginia Company
text:
The Virginia Company was an English trading company chartered by King James I on 10 April 1606 with the objective of colonizing the eastern coast of America. The coast was named Virginia, after Elizabeth I, and it stretched from present-day Maine to the Carolinas. The company's shareholders were Londoners, and it was distinguished from the Plymouth Company, which was chartered at the same time and composed largely of gentlemen from Plymouth, England. The biggest trade breakthrough resulted after
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
English trading company
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Company
date created:
2003-09-14T20:07:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T17:00:00Z
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13
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