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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John Dandridge colony Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Sarah Shelton placeOfResidence Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Samuel Davies residence Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Light-Horse Harry countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
subject surface form: Henry Lee III
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Lucy Grymes Lee countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Virginia militia appliesToJurisdiction Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Maryland charter of 1632 definedBoundaryWith Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Carter family of Virginia country Colony and Dominion of Virginia
subject surface form: Robert Carter I
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Charles Carter of Shirley countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
French and Indian War (as part of British America) belligerent Colony and Dominion of Virginia
subject surface form: French and Indian War
this entity surface form: Province of Virginia
First Anglo-Powhatan War location Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Second Anglo-Powhatan War location Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Middle Plantation locatedIn Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Governor's Palace governedTerritory Colony and Dominion of Virginia
subject surface form: Governor's Palace (Williamsburg)
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Peter Jefferson countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
John Wayles countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
The Forest plantation locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Wayles family country Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Elk Hill plantation locatedIn Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colonial Virginia (historical)
Wayles estate locatedIn Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Martha Eppes Wayles country of citizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson placeOfBirth Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
James Fort partOf Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Starving Time (1609–1610) location Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Sarah Winston Syme Henry countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Fairfax boundary line country Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Pennsylvania frontier borderWith Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Province of Virginia
William Cabell countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Buckingham County, Virginia Colony locatedIn Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Buckingham County, Virginia Colony partOf Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Custis family country Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Custis family originatedIn Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Dandridge family country Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Parish of St. Peter, New Kent County (historical Anglican parish) locatedIn Colony and Dominion of Virginia
subject surface form: Parish of St. Peter, New Kent County
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Princess Anne County, Virginia partOf Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Francis Nicholson placeOfActivity Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Bartholomew Dandridge country Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Orlando Jones residence Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
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this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Orlando Jones politicalEntity Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Custis region Colony and Dominion of Virginia
subject surface form: Custis family
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Anna Maria Dandridge Bassett countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Third Anglo-Powhatan War locatedIn Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Virginia Colony
Benjamin Cleveland birthPlace Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Hanover County, Colony of Virginia country Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Hanover County, Colony of Virginia partOf Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Crown Colony of Virginia
Battle of Fort Necessity belligerent Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Province of Virginia
Chestnut Grove plantation governedBy Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia
Powhatan Wars locatedIn Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: English colony of Virginia
Martha Parke Custis countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
this entity surface form: Colony of Virginia