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Queen Elizabeth 1 sent Sir Walter Raleigh to america to name colonies. Sir Raleigh named Virginia after Queen Elizabeth 1 because she never married she was sometimes called the "Virgin Queen."
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The first permanent English colony in North America is made at Jamestown.
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In 1781 the Battle of Yorktown, Virginia ends the American Revolution.
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Virginia is now the 10th state!
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Today George Washington becomes the first U.S president and he takes the oath of office.
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When Abraham Lincoln became president the southern states seceded and became the confederate states. The confederate states fired at Fort Sumter and then began the Civil War.
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Virginia is nowreadmitted in the Union and has a new constitution.
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This year World War 1 spurs Virginia's shipping industry.
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Terrorists fly a hijacked plane to the Pentagon killing 125 people
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Virginia celebrates the 400th aniversary of when Jamestown was founded!
