Virginia By eme136516 1607 Jamestown settlement established 1624 Virginia a royal British colony 1676 Bacon's rebellion 1699 Williamsburg named capital 1775 Revolutionary war begins 1776 Declaration of Independence signed 1788 Virginia becomes 10th state 1831 Nat Turners Rebellion 1861 Virginia secedes from Union; Civil war begins 1865 Civil war ends 1870 Virginia rejoins the Union
