On April 10, 1606, James I of England issued a royal charter establishing the Virginia Company of London, formally launching England’s first sustained effort to build permanent settlements in North America. The move reflected a practical shift in English policy: rather than rely on…
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On a cold January morning in 1570, a single gunshot echoed through the streets of Linlithgow and across Scottish history. James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray—regent of Scotland and guardian of the infant king—slumped from his horse, mortally wounded. With that shot, fired from…
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