The company, chartered by King James I in April ... The London Company would establish Jamestown in Virginia, England's first permanent settlement in the New World. There were two ways to become ...

Jamestown is an excellent example of how early ... The settlers claimed the land in the name of their king, James the First, and began exploring the coast to find the best place to make their ...

King James VI of Scotland ascended to the throne ... the first settlement of which was named Jamestown in his honor," writes Encyclopedia Virginia in its online account of the monarch's impact ...