Colony and Dominion of Virginia

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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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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

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Edmund Randolph 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
Province of Pennsylvania borderedBy Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Province of Virginia
United States federal armory (historical) locatedIn Colony and Dominion of Virginia
subject surface form: United States federal armory at Harpers Ferry
this entity surface form: Virginia (historical)
Port Conway, Colony of Virginia locatedIn Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Willie Jones residence Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Colony of Maryland neighboringColony Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
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
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
Germantown, Colony of Virginia, British America locatedIn 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
William Fleming (politician) residence Colony and Dominion of Virginia
subject surface form: William Fleming
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Lawrence Washington countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Francis Lightfoot Lee countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Francis Lightfoot Lee regionOfActivity Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Nomini Hall (historic plantation) locatedIn Colony and Dominion of Virginia
subject surface form: Nomini Hall
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Greenway Court locatedIn Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Lina settingOfLife Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Virginia colony
James Blair deathPlace Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
James Blair countryOfActivity Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Lee family of Virginia residence Colony and Dominion of Virginia
subject surface form: Richard Lee I
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Hannah Harrison Ludwell countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
John Carlyle countryOfResidence Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Thomas Ludwell Lee countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
William Lee countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
William Lee regionRepresented Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Virginia colony
Virginia Committee of Correspondence country Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Adam Stephen immigratedTo Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Jacob Vaark livesIn Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Virginia (fictionalized colonial setting)
Colonial Williamsburg formerCapitalOf Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Archibald Alexander placeOfBirth Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Studley, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia country Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech region Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Speech at the Second Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775 country Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
John Henry countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
John Henry movedTo Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Jane Randolph Jefferson countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses country Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia appliesToJurisdiction Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Jane Bolling Randolph (mother) countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
subject surface form: Jane Bolling Randolph
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Henry Lee II countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Sir John Randolph (father, sometimes styled) residence Colony and Dominion of Virginia
subject surface form: Sir John Randolph
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Sir John Randolph (father, sometimes styled) placeOfActivity Colony and Dominion of Virginia
subject surface form: Sir John Randolph
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Sir John Randolph (father, sometimes styled) politicalEntityServed Colony and Dominion of Virginia
subject surface form: Sir John Randolph
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Thomas Lee country Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Kent Island wasPartOf Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Virginia colony (claimed by Virginia)
Elizabeth Harrison Randolph countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Elizabeth Harrison Randolph countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
subject surface form: Peyton Randolph
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Third Charter of Virginia appliesToJurisdiction Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Third Charter of Virginia relatedTo Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia