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  2. People's Party (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The People's Party, usually known as the populist party or simply the Populists, was an agrarian populist [2] political party in the United States in the late 19th century. . The Populist Party emerged in the early 1890s as an important force in the Southern and Western United States, but declined rapidly after the 1896 United States presidential election in which most of its natural ...

  3. List of populists - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of populist parties, leaders and movements. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2019) Africa.

  4. Colony of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Colony of Virginia was a British colonial settlement in North America from 1606 to 1776.. The first effort to create an English settlement in the area was chartered in 1584 and established in 1585; the resulting Roanoke Colony lasted for three attempts totaling six years.

  5. Populism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The People's Party, also known as the Populist Party or simply the Populists, was a left-wing agrarian populist political party in the United States in the late 19th century. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The Populist Party emerged in the early 1890s as an important force in the Southern and Western United States, but fell apart after it nominated Democrat ...

  6. Fifth Virginia Convention - Wikipedia

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    There were three parties in the Fifth Convention. The first was mainly made up of wealthy planters, who sought to continue their hold on local government as it had grown up during colonial Virginia's history. These included Robert Carter Nicholas Sr., who opposed the Declaration of Independence from King George III. It dominated the convention ...

  7. Virginia Conventions - Wikipedia

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    Raleigh Tavern, Colonial Williamsburg First Virginia Convention met here, 1774. The First Convention was organized after Lord Dunmore, the colony's royal governor, dissolved the House of Burgesses when that body called for a day of prayer as a show of solidarity with Boston, Massachusetts, when the British government closed the harbor under the Boston Port Act.

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

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    In 1609, the proprietary Virginia Company of London's Third Supply Mission to its Virginia Colony consisted of a fleet of nine ships, headed by the company's newly built flagship, the Sea Venture. Aboard the flagship, commanded by Vice Admiral Christopher Newport, was the Admiral of the fleet, Sir George Somers, as well as Sir Thomas Gates.

  9. House of Burgesses - Wikipedia

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    It existed during the colonial history of the United States when Virginia was a British colony. From 1642 to 1776, the House of Burgesses was an important feature of Virginian politics, alongside the Crown-appointed colonial governor and the Virginia Governor's Council, the upper house of the General Assembly. [1]