To supply these needs England was forced to import large quantities of those materials from foreign countries. particularly from Poland. The main purpose of the Plymouth Company and of the Virginia Company of London. chartered by James I. for the colonization of North America. was to make England independent of Polish and other imports. Jamestown was founded in 1607. by the first immigrants sent by the Virginia Company. A year later. In October 1608. the Poles appeared with the Second Supply engaged by the Company as experts and instructors in the manufacture of glass and pitch. tar and other products which Poland exported to England.
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