society of Virginia

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18th-century American society historical society

The society of Virginia refers to the social, economic, and political structure of the people living in Virginia during the late 18th century, as analyzed and described by Thomas Jefferson in his work "Notes on the State of Virginia."

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Virginia gentry 4
society of Virginia canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century American society ⓘ
historical society ⓘ
analyzedBy Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
analyzedInContextOf early United States ⓘ
describedIn Notes on the State of Virginia ⓘ
documentedIn 18th-century travel and political writings ⓘ
hasAuthorOfDescription Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
hasComponent Native American groups ⓘ
artisans ⓘ
enslaved African Americans ⓘ
merchants ⓘ
planter elite ⓘ
small farmers ⓘ
hasCulturalFeature deference to social superiors ⓘ
patriarchal family structure ⓘ
rural plantation culture ⓘ
hasCulturalIssue race relations ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
westward expansion ⓘ
hasDemographicFeature dispersed settlement pattern ⓘ
large enslaved population ⓘ
predominantly rural population ⓘ
hasDominantReligion Anglicanism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
hasEconomicBase plantation agriculture ⓘ
slave labor ⓘ
tobacco cultivation ⓘ
hasEconomicIssue dependence on export markets ⓘ
land speculation ⓘ
soil exhaustion ⓘ
hasIntellectualContext Enlightenment thought ⓘ
republican political theory ⓘ
hasLegalInstitution common law courts ⓘ
slave codes ⓘ
hasLocation Virginia ⓘ
hasPoliticalIssue relationship to British Empire ⓘ
religious establishment and disestablishment ⓘ
representation and taxation ⓘ
hasPoliticalStructure House of Burgesses legacy ⓘ
county-based local government ⓘ
landed gentry dominance ⓘ
hasRelationTo American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surface form: American Revolution

formation of American republican ideals ⓘ
hasSocialHierarchy class stratification ⓘ
racial stratification ⓘ
hasSourceType elite perspective ⓘ
hasTemporalExtent late 18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Notes on the State of Virginia → mainSubject → society of Virginia ⓘ
William Lee → isPartOf → society of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia gentry
Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses → associatedWith → society of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia gentry
Thomas Lee → socialClass → society of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia gentry
John Dandridge → socialClass → society of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia gentry