Ohio Company of Virginia
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The Ohio Company of Virginia was a mid-18th-century land speculation company formed by Virginia planters and merchants to promote British settlement and claim vast tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial American company
ⓘ
land speculation company ⓘ |
| activeIn | Ohio River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithColony | Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithConflict |
French and Indian War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seven Years' War in North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | British America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diminishedAfter |
French and Indian War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Proclamation of 1763 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
land sales
ⓘ
land surveying ⓘ speculative land investment ⓘ |
| formedBy |
Virginia merchants
ⓘ
Virginia planters ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| grantedBy |
British Crown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia colonial government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | early American frontier enterprise ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
contributed to British claims in the Ohio Valley
ⓘ
helped precipitate Anglo-French rivalry in the Ohio Country ⓘ |
| influenced | colonial policy toward western lands ⓘ |
| involvedIn | westward expansion of British colonies ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBefore | American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedUnder | British colonial legal framework ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
French colonial authorities
ⓘ
New France NERFINISHED ⓘ some Native American nations in the Ohio Country ⓘ |
| politicalContext | British colonial expansion in North America ⓘ |
| purpose |
claim western lands for Virginia
ⓘ
land speculation ⓘ promote British settlement in the Ohio River Valley ⓘ |
| receivedLandGrantFromMonarch | George II of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| receivedLandGrantInRegion | Ohio River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionTargeted |
Ohio Country
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
upper Ohio River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| restrictedBy | Royal Proclamation of 1763 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soughtToAttract |
British settlers
ⓘ
land investors ⓘ |
| soughtToBuild | British settlements west of the Allegheny Mountains ⓘ |
| soughtToControl | trade in the Ohio Country ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-18th century ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | joint-stock company ⓘ |
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