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  2. History of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    After 1700, there was continued conflict with natives east of the Alleghenies, especially in the French and Indian War (1754–1763), when the tribes were allied with the French. [2] The Virginia Colony became the wealthiest and most populated of the Thirteen Colonies in North America with an elected General Assembly.

  3. List of former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia

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    After the European discovery of North America in the 15th century, European nations competed to establish colonies on the continent. In the late 16th century, the area claimed by England was well defined along the coast, but was very roughly marked in the west, extending from 34 to 48 degrees north latitude, or from the vicinity of Cape Fear in present-day North Carolina well into Acadia.

  4. The Hornbook of Virginia History - Wikipedia

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    The Library of Virginia has described the Hornbook as the "definitive, handy reference guide to Virginia's history and culture." [1] [3] The first edition of the book was published in 1949 by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, Division of History and Archaeology, with subsequent editions in 1965, 1983, and 1994. [2]

  5. List of Jamestown colonists - Wikipedia

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    James Horn, A Land as God Made It (Perseus Books, 2005) Margaret Huber, Powhatan Lords of Life and Death: Command and Consent in Seventeenth-Century Virginia (University of Nebraska Press, 2008) William M. Kelso, Jamestown, The Buried Truth (University of Virginia Press, 2006) David A. Price, Love and Hate in Jamestown (Alfred A. Knopf, 2003)

  6. List of historic houses in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Ball-Sellers House (Arlington, Virginia) built in 1742 by John Ball, owned by the Arlington Historical Society. [2] Bel Air Plantation, c. 1740, Prince William County — Home of Parson Weems, the first biographer of George Washington and the creator of the cherry tree story; Belle Air Plantation, c. 1700, Charles City County

  7. Category : 1700s establishments in the Colony of Virginia

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    1709 establishments in the Colony of Virginia (1 P) Pages in category "1700s establishments in the Colony of Virginia" This category contains only the following page.

  8. Southern Colonies - Wikipedia

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    The Colony of Virginia (also known frequently as the Virginia Colony or the Province of Virginia, and occasionally as the Dominion and Colony of Virginia) was an English colony in North America which existed briefly during the 16th century, and then continuously from 1607 until the American Revolution (as a British colony after 1707 [12]).

  9. History of Richmond, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The history of Richmond, Virginia, as a modern city, dates to the early 17th century, and is crucial to the development of the colony of Virginia, the American Revolutionary War, and the Civil War. After Reconstruction , Richmond's location at the falls of the James River helped it develop a diversified economy and become a land transportation hub.