Zayne Bell

History

12 October, 12:20

In what way did the Virginia Charter shape the Jamestown colony?

1 It prescribed the types of provisions that needed to be taken across the ocean, forestalling food shortages for the first few months.

2 It stifled the colonists' economic independence by forcing them to use a coin minted in England for their transactions with Indians.

3 It specified how the Counsel members would provide leadership to the colony under the control of England and the Virginia Company.

4 It established rules about how much gold, silver, and copper the colonists were to supply to the Crown and the Virginia Company.