The founding of Jamestown and Williamsburg affected the beginning of the U.S. greatly. It affected the language, culture, religion, government, and economics of the United States in the future. This involved the Virginia Company, Jamestown, Williamsburg, and many founding fathers. The Virginia Company was given permission to be established by King James I. The Virginia Company was a joint stock company. They were a group of investors made to make money. They were given a charter to settle in the New World. A charter, in this case, is a legal document giving you permission to start a colony. They were given four objectives for the New World: find a water route to China, find gold, make a profit for England and the Virginia Company, and evangelize anyone they encounter. They left England in December of 1606. Jamestown was …show more content…
The Company got there on the ships Susan Constant, Discovery, and Godspeed, led by Captain Christopher Newport. The charter issued by the king allowed us to govern ourselves. With the right to govern ourselves, the settlers created the first representative government in America, calling it the House of Burgesses. After the Revolutionary War, it became the House of Representatives, which is what we have today. The colonists had a group of men who called themselves “gentry” or gentlemen. The gentry thought they were too good to work for the good of the colony, but rather themselves. Captain John Smith took charge of the colony and made a “no work, no food” policy. If you didn’t work for the good of the colony today, you didn’t get any of the colony-owned food to eat. This was all good until