English
merchants had to apply for a license to load their ships to go to
Virginia. A case in point was a license issued to all of the part
owners and investors in a number of vessels, via: Hopeful Luke, the
Margaret, the John of Berkshire, the Cretian, the Anthony, the Brothers
Adventure, the Henry & David, and the Thomas & Anne. The King
took advantage of every opportunity to charge tariffs to those doing
business to and from the colonies as well as the colonists themselves,
who imported goods for their American homes. It all started quite
early, in the early 1600's and despite the hardships suffered by
colonists, continued throughout the colonial period. The seamen of that
era were true and brave adventurers for their willingness to bear up
against hurricanes, storms, rotting of fruits and vegetables, shipwrecks
and losses due to delays in weather and other causes, is simply
amazing. The investment on both sides of the Atlantic was risky.
There were a lot of fires in Jamestown, and early on the colonial
governor ordered that only brick houses to be constructed. Also, the
colonists paid more for imported bricks, lead window panes, nails, and
hewn wood materials. The colonists tore down old buildings and used the
nails and plank wood for other purposes, not wasting anything. It is not
uncommon to read the inventories in the old Colonial wills which
inventory the plank wood count and every detail of colonial life. More information concerning early settlers to Virginia, their adventures and origins, is found under "Origins" and available to members of Virginia Pioneers
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