2. The English colonies were
founded by a system of
independent Proprietary
Governors which were
individuals or companies who
were granted commercial
charters by the King of
England to establish colonies
in North America. These
proprietors would select their
own governors and officials for
their colony. The colonies were
recognized as commercial
enterprises established under
authority of the English crown.
The most prominent of these
companies was the Virginia
Company which created the
first successful English
settlement at Jamestown.
ENGLISH SETTLERS ESTABLISH COLONIES IN THE NEW WORLD
3. Jamestown had a very rocky
start but that changed when
John Rolfe, an Englishman
who married the famous
Pocahontas, introduced West
Indian Tobacco to the colony.
There it was harvested and
exported earning Jamestown
great profits and ensured the
settlements success.
With successful colonies set in
Jamestown, Bermuda, and
Virginia, England took over
the Dutch colony of New
Netherland as well as the New
Amsterdam settlement which
in 1664 they renamed the
Province of New York.
THE ENGLISH FIND SUCCESS AND PROFIT FROM TOBACCO
