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Jamestown was established and became an English Colony
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The first crop of tobacco was exported
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Pocahontas was sold to England by her father
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The French and Indian war began and was led by General George Washington then the French and Indian War ended
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After Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, Virginia adopted the first constitution and declared its independence
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Virginia left the Union and joined confederacy and then the Civil War began
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Virginia became the 10th US state.
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Virginia re-entered the Union
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Jim Crow laws were passed and segregation was created
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Desegregation began, and the first African-American student attended Law School at University of Virginia which was Gregory H. Swanson
