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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. In 1590, the colony was abandoned.
A third church was added in 1667 to keep up with the growing population. In addition, 'Welcome buildings' for new immigrants opened in the 1620s. [3] Another factor that attracted people to Elizabeth City was agriculture. [3] In 1617 French colonists tried growing grape vines and later in 1620 the cultivation of silk was experimented with.
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), by Capt. John Smith, one of the first histories of Virginia. The written history of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 16th century, when it was occupied chiefly by Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan peoples.
The Wicocomico people were encountered by Captain John Smith in 1608 as he explored Virginia. [2] He notes a village of about 130 men on the South side of the mouth of the Patawomeke (Potomac) River. The Northumberland County Court began manipulating and interfering in the governance of the local tribes by the mid-17th century.
Berkeley Hundred was a Virginia Colony, founded in 1619, which comprised about eight thousand acres (32 km 2) on the north bank of the James River. It was near Herring Creek in an area which is now known as Charles City County, Virginia. It was the site of an early documented Thanksgiving when the settlers landed in what later was the United ...
Keamari was a low lying island located between Manora and the city of Karachi well into the colonial era. [3] During this time, Keamari was the landing point for all goods and people entering Karachi. Kemari's anchorage during the early colonial era was too shallow for large ships, and so those were instead forced to dock at Manora. [4]
It is a corrupted form of Chath bazaar. Chath is a hindi/urdu word means Shade, which is used to provide shade to the bazaar marchants. Dar-ul-Shifa - literally "House of Healing" in Urdu; named after a historic hospital in the area. [12] Dabirpura - literally "Colony of Scholars". Named in the honour of Dabir-ul-Mulk. [7]
Frere was a British administrator who was known for promoting economic development in Sindh, as well as for making the Sindhi language the language of administration in Sindh, rather than the Persian language, which had been favoured by the Mughals. Following the independence of Pakistan, the hall's library was renamed as Liaquat National ...