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The first English charter in what would become Virginia was awarded to the London-Virginia Company in 1606. In 1609, a second charter was made, and expanded further on the claims and boundaries of the first charter. The London-Virginia was one of the two primary companies that England allowed to operate in America (the other being the Plymouth Company of [[New England]]).
The London-Virginia company administered the colony from 1606 until the company's dissolution in 1624. Mismanagement and financial loss were the primary reasons for the company's disbandment. However, wanting to keep the claims made James I of England placed the area under direct crown rule.
The neighboring Dutch colony of [[New Netherland]] experienced tremendous growth after it was [[History of New Netherland#[PoD] The Municipal Charter of 1656|granted its own representative government in 1656]]. To shore up protection over their claims, no new charters would be created in the region and all colonial power was delegated and centralized to a single governor.
The boundaries between Spanish Florida and Virginia were unclear. It was only in 1700 that the borders were settled during the [[Spanish Succession Crisis]].▼
▲The boundaries between Spanish Florida and Virginia
==== First Anglo-Virginian War ====▼
==== First Anglo-Virginian War (1833-1834) and the ''First Virginian Republic'' ====
The first Anglo-Virginian war came as a result of the British abolishing slavery in 1833. The slave-owning elite of Virginia resisted this policy change, and declared its independence. The short-lived republic (dubbed the ''First Virginian Republic'') was ultimately crushed by Britain, and a new set of colonial government members were forcefully placed by Britain.
Coincides with the 1850s Dutch-Spanish War, and the Dutch war in Asia versus an Anglo-French alliance.
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