Dorchester Company
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Dorchester Company was a 17th-century English joint-stock company involved in early colonial ventures, particularly in New England.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dorchester Company canonical | 3 |
| Plymouth Company | 1 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | English joint-stock company ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| activity |
financing colonial settlements
ⓘ
overseas colonization ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Dorchester, Dorset, England
ⓘ
surface form:
Dorchester, Dorset
|
| charteredBy | English authorities ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
Atlantic fisheries
ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ |
| historicalRole | pioneer of organized English settlement in New England ⓘ |
| industry | colonial ventures ⓘ |
| influenced | formation of the Massachusetts Bay Company ⓘ |
| involvedIn | early English colonization of New England ⓘ |
| legalForm | joint-stock company ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
Puritan clergy
ⓘ
Puritan merchants ⓘ |
| preceded | Massachusetts Bay Company ⓘ |
| primaryRegionOfActivity | New England ⓘ |
| purpose |
to establish fishing and trading operations in New England
ⓘ
to support Puritan settlement in New England ⓘ |
| religiousOrientation | Puritan ⓘ |
| sponsored |
colonial expeditions to New England
ⓘ
early settlements in the Massachusetts region ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1600s ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Plymouth Company