Frontier of colonial Virginia

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borderland frontier historical region

The Frontier of colonial Virginia was the westernmost, sparsely settled border region of the Virginia colony, characterized by scattered settlements, conflict with Native American nations, and ongoing territorial expansion during the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Virginia colony western frontier 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf borderland ⓘ
frontier ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Anglo-Powhatan Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dunmore's War NERFINISHED ⓘ
French and Indian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seven Years' War in North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yamasee War NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Daniel Boone NERFINISHED ⓘ
George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lord Dunmore NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas Walker (explorer) NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderWith French colonial claims ⓘ
Native American territories ⓘ
characteristic frequent conflict with Native American nations ⓘ
ongoing territorial expansion ⓘ
scattered settlements ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
conflictWith Cherokee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iroquois Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mingo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Powhatan Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shawnee NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
demographicTrend increasing European settlement over time ⓘ
economicActivity hunting ⓘ
land speculation ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
ethnicComposition English settlers ⓘ
German settlers ⓘ
Scots-Irish settlers ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ
expansionDirection westward ⓘ
governedBy House of Burgesses NERFINISHED ⓘ
royal governor of Virginia ⓘ
includedRegion Appalachian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ohio River Valley (claimed) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shenandoah Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy British imperial land policy ⓘ
Royal Proclamation of 1763 NERFINISHED ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ
tobacco economy of Virginia ⓘ
legalStatus western border region of Virginia colony ⓘ
locatedIn British America NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
North America ⓘ
partOf Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Augusta County, Virginia → historicalRegion → Frontier of colonial Virginia ⓘ
Bourbon County, Virginia → partOf → Frontier of colonial Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia colony western frontier