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New settlers arrived in 1607 and eventually settled Virginia's first colony at Jamestown. The venture was full of hardship, but the settlers persevered.
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Sir John Rolfe had brought tobacco seeds to Virginia from Bermuda and the settlers found that the crop grow well in Virginia.
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Pocahontas captured and was brought to Jamestown.
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The Plymouth Company sent their first group of settlers to Virginia. They traveled on the Mayflower.
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King James downsized the Virginia Colony by breaking its land into different colonies, including the Maryland Colony and the Province of Carolina.
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The Virginia Colony fell under the leadership of a Puritan Commonwealth governor, Oliver Cromwell.
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The Virginia Colony's governing board shifted back to the leadership of the English crown.
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Colonists revolted (Bacon's Rebellion); capitol building and Jamestown settlement burned; Bacon died, supporters hung.
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The College of William and Mary was established in 1693. It is the second oldest college in America, preceded only by Harvard University.
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Williamsburg, Virginia, became the Colonial Capital in Virginia.
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Was born in West more land County on February 22, 1732.First President.
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Virginia’s legislators met at the Wren Building at William and Mary Collage.
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Fifth State House, First Williamsburg Capitol. This brick capitol was in the form of an H.
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Born in Virginia, 5-foot, 4-inches, also the shortest President.The oldest of 12 children, Madison was raised on the family plantation, Montpelier, in Orange County, Virginia
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General George Washington led militia into battle. Also know as the 7 years wars.
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Required colonists to buy stamps for papers, Patrick Henry spoke against Act.
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Virginian Thomas Jefferson wrote Declaration of Independence.
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Virginia became 10th U. S. state.They where after Delaware,Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia , Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland
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Virginians right to choose religion, church.Written by Thomas Jefferson and passed by the Virginia General Assembly on January 16, 1786, it is the forerunner of the first amendment protections for religious freedom.
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First President, born in Virginia,Hight 6'2.'. Independent politician was his party.
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Third President born in Virginia.Thomas was their third child and eldest son; he had six sisters and one surviving brother.
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Fourth President "Father of the Constitution".was an American political theorist and statesman, who served as the fourth President of the United States from 1809 to 1817.
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Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed from 55 to 65 people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the Southern United States.
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First Confederate officer killed.First land engagements of the American Civil War.
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Battle of Chantilly, in Prince William County,part of the American Civil War.
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First public law on school separating race. Free public elementary and secondary schools for all children of school age throughout the Commonwealth
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Above chamber of House of Delegates 62 killed, 251 injured.
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Poet Ellen Glasgow, deaf, wrote poetry, essays, and short stories.
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In Southwestern Virginia they found coal .It brought in alot of people that wanted coal.
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APVA means,Association for the Preservation of Virginia's Antiquities.
