Question

Jamestown was originally governed by?

Answer 1

In 1607, a group of wealthy people pooled their resources and made a new attempt to establish a English colony in North America. England's King James

I backed the project.

Answer 2

Jamestown was originally governed by a governor whose council was appointed by the Virginia Company. The Virginia Company refers collectively to two joint stock companies chartered by James I on 10 April 1606 with the purposes of establishing settlements on the coast of North America.