Colony and Dominion of Virginia

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British colony former colony historical polity

The Colony and Dominion of Virginia was a major English and later British colony in North America, notable as the first permanent English settlement and a political and economic center that helped shape early American history.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
Colony of Virginia 129
Virginia Colony 53
Province of Virginia 8

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colony ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
historical polity ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Colony of Maryland ⓘ
Colony of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Province of North Carolina ⓘ
capital Jamestown ⓘ
Williamsburg ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
currency Virginia pound ⓘ
economy slave-based agriculture ⓘ
tobacco plantation economy ⓘ
endTime 1776 ⓘ
establishedBy Virginia Company of London ⓘ
followedBy Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
governmentForm colonial government ⓘ
royal colony ⓘ
hasPart Jamestown ⓘ
Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Norfolk

Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Richmond

Williamsburg ⓘ
Yorktown ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Burgesses ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
namedAfter Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
surface form: Queen Elizabeth I of England
notableFor development of tobacco as a cash crop ⓘ
early representative government in America ⓘ
expansion into the interior of North America ⓘ
first permanent English settlement in North America ⓘ
major role in American Revolution ⓘ
notablePerson George Washington ⓘ
James Madison ⓘ
John Rolfe ⓘ
John Smith ⓘ
Patrick Henry ⓘ
Pocahontas ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
partOf British America ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
Southern Colonies ⓘ
precededBy Virginia Company of London ⓘ
surface form: Virginia Company colony
religion Church of England ⓘ
significantEvent American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ
House of Burgesses established ⓘ
adoption of Virginia Declaration of Rights ⓘ
founding of Jamestown ⓘ
signing of the Declaration of Independence by Virginia delegates ⓘ
startTime 1607 ⓘ

Referenced by (218)

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

Thirteen Colonies → hasPart → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
Province of North Carolina → borderedBy → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Virginia
British colonial authorities → exercisedPowerIn → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Martha Washington → countryOfBirth → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Martha Washington → citizenship → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Colonial America → hasPart → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Prince William County, Virginia → foundedBy → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Committees of Correspondence → locatedIn → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Patrick Henry → countryOfCitizenship → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
American colonial assemblies → locatedIn → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Second Charter of Virginia → appliesToTerritory → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia colony
Virginia Sons of Liberty → operatedIn → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
John Alexander → country → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Hancock Lee → countryOfCitizenship → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
United Colonies → hasPart → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Anne Hill Carter Lee → countryOfCitizenship → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Shadwell, Virginia Colony → locatedIn → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson → countryOfCitizenship → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Old Dominion → etymology → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: refers to Virginia as a dominion of the English Crown
Jamestown → partOf → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Jamestown → capitalOf → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Williamsburg → becameCapitalOf → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Mayflower → intendedDestination → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Yorktown → foundedBy → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia colonial government
Fairfax Line → locatedIn → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Chestnut Grove plantation, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia → country → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Townshend Acts era → countryInvolved → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Virginia
Province of Carolina → borderedBy → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Province of Carolina → precededBy → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony (southern claims)
Frances Jones Dandridge → countryOfCitizenship → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Frances Jones Dandridge → placeOfBirth → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
John Parke Custis → countryOfCitizenship → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Southern Colonies → composedOf → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
George Mason → countryOfCitizenship → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Virginia Company of London → operatedIn → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Virginia Company of London → foundedColony → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Virginia Company of London → successor → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crown Colony of Virginia
Virginia pound → usedIn → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Virginia pound → currencyOf → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia colony
Virginia pound → governingAuthority → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia colonial government
House of Burgesses → country → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
House of Burgesses → legislativeBodyFor → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
House of Burgesses → hasJurisdiction → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia colony
House of Burgesses → appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: English colony of Virginia
John Rolfe → colony → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
John Rolfe → deathPlace → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
John Smith → wroteAbout → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia colony
Virginia Convention → country → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Burwell → countryOfCitizenship → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Lewis Burwell
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Bacon's Rebellion → hasLocation → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia