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.

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)
Colony of Maryland → neighboringColony → 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 Sons of Liberty → operatedIn → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Jamestown → partOf → 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
Province of Carolina → precededBy → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony (southern claims)
Willie Jones → residence → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
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
John Smith → wroteAbout → Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia colony