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The 13 pages that link to Virginia Company, each with the reason it gives.

• British EmpireBroader topic: Its Jamestown settlement became a lasting English foothold in North America.

• English colonization of the AmericasRelated: Its investors financed Jamestown and sought profits from English settlement.

• JamestownRelated: It financed and governed Jamestown under its 1606 royal charter.

• Indentured servitudeRelated: Its colonization efforts relied on recruiting laborers, including people bound by service contracts.

• Colony of VirginiaNarrower topic: The London company was one of two ventures created under this broader corporate charter.

• Roanoke ColonyRelated: Its later colonization effort adopted a more organized corporate structure than Raleigh’s Roanoke venture.

• Chartered companyBroader topic: Its charter organized private investment in English settlement and colonial government.

• John SmithNarrower topic: It financed Jamestown and commissioned the settlement’s leadership.

• Proprietary colonyCompared with: It represents corporate colonization, a competing model to grants made to private proprietors.

• Richard HakluytRelated: Hakluyt supported the colonial project that the company organized after his advocacy.

• English colonization of North AmericaRelated: Its investors financed Jamestown and sought returns from colonial resources.

• Mayflower CompactCompared with: Its charter-based authority contrasts with the Compact’s locally agreed basis for civil rule.

• English overseas possessionsRelated: Its chartered ventures founded Jamestown and advanced Crown-backed colonization.