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This 1639 church tower was one of the few remnants of the Jamestown Settlement visible in the 1890s, when the picture was taken. May 14, 1607. The Virginia Company of England made a daring proposition: sail to the new, mysterious land, which they called Virginia in honor of Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen, and begin a settlement. They established Jamestown, Virginia, on May 14, 1607, the first permanent British settlement in North America.
At that point, there were only 1,200 settlers left out of 6,000 that had arrived there over the years. At this point, Virginia was brought into existence and became a royal colony that included the area of Jamestown. Founded By: The London Company founded Virginia during the reign of King James I (1566-1625). Motivation for Founding: Jamestown was originally founded from a desire to gain wealth and to a lesser extent to convert the natives to Christianity. Virginia became a royal colony in 1624 when King James I revoked the charter of the bankrupt Virginia Company. He felt threatened by the representative assembly known as the House of Burgesses.