History Is Fun: Company Charters and Challenges [Pdf]

When the Virginia Company of London began planning for its new colony in Virginia in 1607, leaders developed a 'wish list.' Over a period of seventeen years, King James I granted several charters to the Company, establishing an English claim in the New World and outlining how the plan should be implemented. This article discusses the company's charters and the challenges the company faced in trying to achieve its goals.