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The Jamestown[ a] settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi (4 km) southwest of present-day Williamsburg. [ 1] It was established by the London Company as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 O.S. (May 14, 1607 N.S. ), [ 2] and ...
First Virginia Charter. The First Charter of Virginia, also known as the Charter of 1606, is a document from King James I of England to the Virginia Company assigning land rights to colonists for the creation of a settlement which could be used as a base to export commodities to Great Britain and create a buffer preventing total Spanish control ...
List of colleges and universities in Virginia. This is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Virginia. The oldest college or university in Virginia is The College of William and Mary, founded in 1693. In 2010, the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine became the newest. The largest institution is Liberty University, with ...
History of Jamestown, Virginia (1607–1699) Jamestown, also Jamestowne, was the first settlement of the Virginia Colony, founded in 1607, and served as the capital of Virginia until 1699, when the seat of government was moved to Williamsburg. This article covers the history of the fort and town at Jamestown proper, as well as colony-wide ...
Colonial Virginian culture, language, and style is reenacted in Williamsburg. The Culture of Virginia refers to the distinct human activities and values that take place in or originate from the Commonwealth of Virginia. Virginia's historic culture was popularized and spread across America by Washington, Jefferson, and Madison, and their homes ...
A farm in the fertile Shenandoah Valley. The Shenandoah Valley ( / ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊə /) is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia in the United States. The Valley is bounded to the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the west by the eastern front of the Ridge-and-Valley ...
Virginia Beach City. Bayside High School. Cape Henry Collegiate School. Catholic High School. Chesapeake Bay Academy. First Colonial High School. Frank W. Cox High School. Floyd E. Kellam High School. Green Run High School.
Jeannette Walls ’ latest novel, “ Hang the Moon ,” definitely succeeds in seamlessness, its narrative of Roaring ’20s country life roller-coastering along. But the novel becomes more ...