Second Charter of Virginia

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colonial charter legal document royal charter

The Second Charter of Virginia was a 1609 royal charter issued by King James I that expanded the territory, powers, and organizational structure of the Virginia Company to strengthen England’s colonial enterprise in North America.

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Surface form	Occurrences
First Charter of Virginia	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial charter ⓘ legal document ⓘ royal charter ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	North America ⓘ Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Virginia colony
archivedIn	The National Archives ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom national archives various historical document collections on early America ⓘ
authorized	company control over colonial trade ⓘ raising capital for colonization through investors ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateIssued	1609-05-23 ⓘ
defined	corporate structure of the Virginia Company ⓘ powers of colonial leadership in Virginia ⓘ powers of the company’s council in London ⓘ
expanded	authority of the Virginia Company over the Virginia colony ⓘ corporate powers of the Virginia Company ⓘ territorial claims of the Virginia Company ⓘ
followedBy	Third Charter of Virginia ⓘ
grantedRight	to establish and govern colonies in Virginia ⓘ to mine and exploit natural resources in Virginia ⓘ to transport settlers to Virginia ⓘ
grantedTo	Virginia Company of London ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Virginia Company’s colonial settlements ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 17th century ⓘ
influenced	development of colonial self-government in Virginia ⓘ
issuedBy	Kingdom of England ⓘ surface form: English Crown James VI and I ⓘ surface form: James I of England
language	English ⓘ
legalBasisFor	expansion of English settlement in Virginia ⓘ governance of the Virginia colony by the Virginia Company ⓘ
legalSuccessorTo	Second Charter of Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Charter of Virginia
legalSystem	English law ⓘ
monarchReign	reign of James I ⓘ
purpose	to expand the powers of the Virginia Company ⓘ to reorganize the governance of the Virginia colony ⓘ to strengthen England’s colonial enterprise in North America ⓘ
relatedTo	British Empire ⓘ English colonization of North America ⓘ history of Virginia ⓘ
strengthened	authority of the Virginia Company over colonial administration ⓘ
subjectOf	studies in colonial administration ⓘ studies in early American legal history ⓘ
typeOfGrant	corporate charter ⓘ
yearIssued	1609 ⓘ

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royal charter of Massachusetts Bay → follows → Second Charter of Virginia ⓘ

Second Charter of Virginia → legalSuccessorTo → Second Charter of Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Charter of Virginia