Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company
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The Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company is the 1670 royal document by which King Charles II granted the company extensive trading rights and territorial control over the vast region known as Rupert's Land in North America.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
founding document
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legal document ⓘ royal charter ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hudson's Bay Company Charter
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Royal Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory | Rupert's Land NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archiveLocation | United Kingdom National Archives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorizedOrganization | Hudson's Bay Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsProvision |
establishment of a Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay
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obligation to pay rent or dues to the Crown ⓘ right to appoint governors and officers in Rupert's Land ⓘ right to hold lands and property in perpetuity ⓘ right to make ordinances not contrary to the laws of England ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1670-05-02 ⓘ |
| definedTerritoryAs | all lands whose rivers flow into Hudson Bay ⓘ |
| grantedBy | Charles II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grantedMonopolyOn | fur trade in Rupert's Land ⓘ |
| grantedRights |
exclusive trading rights in Rupert's Land
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rights of government over Rupert's Land ⓘ rights to administer justice within Rupert's Land ⓘ rights to build forts and trading posts ⓘ rights to make laws within Rupert's Land ⓘ rights to wage defensive war in the chartered territory ⓘ |
| grantedTerritorialControlIn | Rupert's Land NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grantedTo | Hudson's Bay Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grantedTradingRightsIn | Rupert's Land NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | trade in the Hudson Bay watershed ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Restoration era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | English mercantilist policy ⓘ |
| inForceUntil | 19th century ⓘ |
| issuedBy | Charles II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasisFor |
Hudson's Bay Company governance of Rupert's Land
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Hudson's Bay Company trading monopoly in the Hudson Bay drainage basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatus | letters patent ⓘ |
| regionCovered |
Hudson Bay drainage basin
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parts of present-day Canada ⓘ parts of present-day United States ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
British Empire
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colonial law ⓘ corporate charters ⓘ history of Canada ⓘ |
| significantFor |
British colonial expansion in North America
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creation of Rupert's Land as a corporate territory ⓘ development of the Canadian fur trade ⓘ establishment of Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ |
| yearSigned | 1670 ⓘ |
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