One of Virginia's TWO State Songs
April 10– First Charter of Virginia (1606) by James I
Summary: King James lets the people founding Virginia make money on it.
Commentary: I've had a few of these historical political documents pop up so far. Conceptually, I think they're neat. In practice, some are pretty interesting, but some are rather dull. Generally, the ones that are more involved in the day to day operations or the philosophy of the organization are more interesting. This one is just King James saying these people can go somewhere and make money off it. You did get a solid list of names you could use for your book, game, etc.
The most interesting part is probably this long rambly list that gets used several times:
And that they shall have all the Lands, Woods, Soil, Grounds, Havens, Ports, Rivers, Mines, Minerals, Marshes, Waters, Fishings, Commodities, and Hereditaments, whatsoever
Bet they wish they had copy and paste back then.
Also interesting:
may in time bring the Infidels and Savages, living in those parts, to human Civility,
Did they actually think they could "civilize" the Indians? Was this just an excuse to take their stuff? It's weird to think of "civilizing" people like that to our modern morals, but maybe plausible back then.
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