Jamestown and Bermuda part 2
From: Steve Clark
Series: Jamestown and Bermuda: Virginia Company Colonies
Length: 03:18
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Part two details the differences between Jamestown and Bermuda land division and governance, and the types of charters under which they were operated. The material covers the establishment of The Bermuda Company, along with the conversion, some 60 years apart, of Virginia Company and Bermuda Company charters to Royal Charters.
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Part two details the differences between Jamestown and Bermuda land division and governance, and the types of charters under which they were operated. The material covers the establishment of The Bermuda Company, along with the conversion, some 60 years apart, of Virginia Company and Bermuda Company charters to Royal Charters.
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Jamestown and Bermuda: Virginia Company Colonies
English Colony Governance
Lead: Jamestown, Virginia, settled in 1607, was the first permanent English colony in America. The second was not far behind.
Nancy Egloff: “When the Virginia Company incorporated the Bermuda Islands under their 1612 charter they sent out a group of 60 settlers and a new governor to establish the first settlement there.”
I’m Steve Clark with Jamestown and Bermuda: Virginia Company Colonies. Sponsored by Jamestown Settlement, a living history museum near Williamsburg, Virginia.
Following the accidental discovery of Bermuda by the shipwrecked crew of the Sea Venture, a supply ship traveling to Virginia, the island was claimed as an English colony. Nancy Egloff, historian at Jamestown Settlement says the knowledge gained by The Virginia Company in setting up Jamestown helped the first Bermuda settlers in 1...
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