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Origins

The Plymouth Company was funded by wealthy investors from Plymouth, Bristol, and Exeter such as Sir John Popham and Sir Ferdinando Gorges.(3)

The Virginia Company emerged at a time when chartered corporations for their imperial efforts. The English East India Company and Dutch East India Company had both recently received royal charters by their governments. The Virginia Company represented a new strategy that relied less on protected trade and ports, settler colonialism. Many of the early colonists sought to establish lasting communities with political institutions, as seen in Jamestown (5)

Popham Colony

Popham Colony, also known as Sagadahoc, was established in August 1607 when two ships, the Gift of God and Mary and John, brought around 100 settlers. The colony was led by George Popham, nephew of Sir John Popham, and Raleigh Gilbert, nephew of Sir Walter Raleigh. (3)

- compare/contrast to Jamestown

Decline

- death of backer Sir John Popham

The same harsh winter of 1607 in which half of the settlers in Jamestown perished saw the death of the colony's President, George Popham.(4) Leadership fell to second-in-command Raleigh Gilbert for six months until a supply ship in autumn 1608 brought news that he had inherited a title and land in England. When Gilbert left for England on the returning, the discouraged colonists followed him, abandoning Popham Colony. (2)

- poor relationships with native americans

What did the company do between 1608 and 1620??