Orange County, Virginia Colony
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Orange County, Virginia Colony was an 18th-century county in colonial Virginia that served as the birthplace of several notable American Revolutionary-era figures.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial Virginia county
ⓘ
former county ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Albemarle County, Virginia Colony
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Culpeper County, Virginia Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisa County, Virginia Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ Spotsylvania County, Virginia Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | leadership of the United States ⓘ |
| country | Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currencyUsed |
British pound sterling
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia pound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economyType | plantation economy ⓘ |
| establishedUnder | House of Burgesses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | county government ⓘ |
| hadInfrastructure | plantation roads ⓘ |
| hadInstitution |
county court
ⓘ
parish vestry ⓘ |
| hadParish | Anglican parish system ⓘ |
| hadPopulationGroup |
artisans and tradesmen
ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ planter elite ⓘ small farmers ⓘ |
| hadRoleIn | American Revolutionary era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Orange Court House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSettlement |
Gordonsville area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orange Court House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | English common law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | 18th century ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William of Orange NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | colonial militia system ⓘ |
| partOf |
British Empire
ⓘ
Piedmont region of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
mixed agriculture
ⓘ
tobacco cultivation ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| representedIn | Virginia House of Burgesses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sovereign | King of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectTo | Royal Governor of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAdministrativeUnit | Orange County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedLaborSystem |
enslaved African labor
ⓘ
indentured servitude ⓘ |
| wasBirthplaceOf |
James Madison
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zachary Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ other Revolutionary-era figures ⓘ |
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