James I of England, 1566 - 1625
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Lord De la Warr's arrival in 1610
photo 1607. A Nation Takes Root
Only John Rolfe's successful experiment with tobacco provided a way to recoup financially. James hated everything about tobacco and opposed it as the main cash crop of Virginia — writing a Counterblaste to Tobacco, a strong anti-tobacco treatise. He did support other endeavors — especially silk production, which was never successful.
Five years before his death, the Pilgrims sailed to America (New England) on the Mayflower.
King James I died in 1625, at age 58.
Tobacco: the weed that
saved the colony
- Peace with Spain in 1604 after decades of fighting;
- A new translation of the Bible published in 1611;
- A new Banqueting House in Whitehall Palace in London, designed by the noted architect Inigo Jones;
- Nine children by his wife, Anne of Denmark — including his second son, the next King of England, Charles I.
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