Editing Francis Bacon (section)

===North America===
[[File:Lord Bacon - the guiding spirit of colonization scheme.jpg|thumb|upright=1|A [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]] stamp, which reads: "Lord Bacon – the guiding spirit in colonization scheme"]]
Bacon played a leading role in establishing the [[British colonies in North America]], especially in [[Virginia]], [[the Carolinas]] and [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]] in northeastern Canada. His government report on "The Virginia Colony" was submitted in 1609. In 1610 Bacon and his associates received a charter from the king to form ''the Tresurer and the Companye of Adventurers and planter of the Cittye of London and Bristoll for the Collonye or plantacon in Newfoundland'', and sent [[John Guy (governor)|John Guy]] to found a colony there.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.heritage.nf.ca/law/lab4/labvol4_1701.html |year=1701 |volume=4 |place=NF, [[Canada|CA]] |publisher=Heritage |title=Lab |type=law |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021163440/http://www.heritage.nf.ca/law/lab4/labvol4_1701.html |archive-date=21 October 2013 }}</ref> [[Thomas Jefferson]], the third President of the United States, wrote: "Bacon, [[John Locke|Locke]] and [[Isaac Newton|Newton]]. I consider them as the three greatest men that have ever lived, without any exception, and as having laid the foundation of those superstructures which have been raised in the [[Physical science|Physical]] and [[Moral science]]s".<ref>{{cite journal |publisher=RUG |quote=Bacon, Locke and Newton, whose pictures I will trouble you to have copied for me: and as I consider them as the three greatest men that have ever lived, without any exception, and as having laid the foundation of those superstructures which have been raised in the Physical & Moral sciences |place=Netherlands |title=The Letters of Thomas Jefferson: 1743–1826 |author=Bacon, Locke, and Newton |url=http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/presidents/thomas-jefferson/letters-of-thomas-jefferson/jefl74.php |access-date=13 June 2009 }}</ref>

In 1910, Newfoundland issued a postage stamp to commemorate Bacon's role in establishing the colony. The stamp describes Bacon as "the guiding spirit in Colonization Schemes in 1610".<ref name="Dodd-Life-Story" /> Moreover, some scholars believe he was largely responsible for the drafting, in 1609 and 1612, of two charters of government for the Virginia Colony.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.fbrt.org.uk/pages/essays/essay-fb-life.html |type=essay |title=FB life |publisher=FBRT |place=UK |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131131208/http://www.fbrt.org.uk/pages/essays/essay-fb-life.html |archive-date=31 January 2012 }}</ref> William Hepworth Dixon considered that Bacon's name could be included in the list of Founders of the United States.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hepworth Dixon |first=William |title=Personal History of Lord Bacon from Unpublished Papers |page=200 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BE4dalMQX-cC&pg=PA200 |isbn=978-0-7661-2798-2 |year= 2003 |publisher=Kessinger }}</ref>