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.

Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Colony of Virginia	32
Virginia Colony	14
Virginia colony	4
Province of Virginia	3
Virginia colonial government	2
Crown Colony of Virginia	1
English colony of Virginia	1
Virginia (historical)	1
Virginia Colony (southern claims)	1
refers to Virginia as a dominion of the English Crown	1

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 (61)

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

House of Burgesses → appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: English colony of Virginia

Second Charter of Virginia → appliesToTerritory → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia colony

Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr → associatedWith → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr

this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia

Williamsburg → becameCapitalOf → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia

Province of Carolina → borderedBy → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Colony

Province of North Carolina → borderedBy → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of Virginia

Province of Pennsylvania → borderedBy → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of Virginia

Jamestown → capitalOf → 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

John Rolfe → colony → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Colony

Southern Colonies → composedOf → 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

House of Burgesses → country → 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

Virginia Convention → 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

Martha Washington → countryOfBirth → 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

Edmund Randolph → countryOfCitizenship → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia

Frances Jones Dandridge → countryOfCitizenship → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia

George Mason → countryOfCitizenship → 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

John Parke Custis → countryOfCitizenship → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia

John Taylor of Caroline → countryOfCitizenship → 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

Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson → countryOfCitizenship → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia

Patrick Henry → countryOfCitizenship → 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

John Rolfe → deathPlace → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Colony

Old Dominion → etymology → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: refers to Virginia as a dominion of the English Crown

British colonial authorities → exercisedPowerIn → 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

Yorktown → foundedBy → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia colonial government

Virginia Company of London → foundedColony → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia

Francis Fauquier → governedTerritory → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia

Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr → governedTerritory → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr

this entity surface form: Virginia Colony

Virginia pound → governingAuthority → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia colonial government

House of Burgesses → hasJurisdiction → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia colony

Bacon's Rebellion → hasLocation → 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

Thirteen Colonies → hasPart → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

United Colonies → hasPart → 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

House of Burgesses → legislativeBodyFor → 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

Committees of Correspondence → locatedIn → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Colony

Fairfax Line → locatedIn → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Colony

Germantown, Colony of Virginia, British America → locatedIn → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia

Port Conway, Colony of Virginia → locatedIn → 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