Jamestown

With unemplyoment and population high, and religious toleration low, it was the perfect time to for English adventurers to set out for a new life in a New World. In 1606, opportunity was ripe when Virginia Company of London, a joint stock company, was granted a charter from King James I allowing for settlement in America. Now financially set, Englishmen in search of adventure set sail in three ships in late 1606 headed for the New World. At their initial landing in the Chesapeake, the men were imme...