Virginia Charter (repost)

The author of this charter is King James, and "well disposed subjects".
The audience would be the people who are living in the new colony, and all of those who are concerned with it.
The purpose of the writing is to express the authority on which the colony of Virginia has been founded on, and to show the boundaries of the peoples influence on the land, what they own, how much they own, and how they can own it. it was like a mini-constitution, but it wasent real laws, at least concerning behavior of the settlers. It was more a code of conduct, and a
The tone is authoritative. There are no superflous words, they speak with professional vocabulary, and reliability.

I don't think this is a persuasive piece of writing. They speak with authority, their position in society gives them that. Therefore: They do not have to persuade the people to follow what the charter says, their word is law. It doesn't need emotional appeals. But I noticed they did make a appeal with religion, although I'm not sure what category of persuasion that would fall under.
In the third paragraph," We... by the Providence of the Almighty God...may in time bring the infidels and savages... to human civility."

I heard someone say today that there were no emotional appeals in the article, which gave the piece more authority, and I agree. The fact that there was no or little emotion to be found in the charter indicated a certain power from the speakers, that they do not need to rely on tugging heartstings to get the settlers to see their way.

Also, the fact that they used extensive lists was informative to me. They used very specific and detailed lists and descriptions of the territory. They were knowledgeable about the subject, and they gave details that almost served as proof that they were to be listened to.