Virginia backcountry

E895505
frontier region historical region

The Virginia backcountry was the sparsely settled western frontier region of colonial Virginia, characterized by small farms, scattered settlements, and frequent conflict with Native American nations.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Virginia western frontier 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf frontier region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWithEvent American Revolutionary War frontier campaigns NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dunmore's War NERFINISHED ⓘ
French and Indian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy Piedmont Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tidewater Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy frontier warfare ⓘ
scattered settlements ⓘ
small farms ⓘ
sparsely settled population ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
conflictWith Cherokee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iroquois Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shawnee NERFINISHED ⓘ
various Native American nations ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
ethnicComposition English settlers ⓘ
German settlers ⓘ
Scots-Irish settlers NERFINISHED ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ
geography Appalachian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shenandoah Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
ridge and valley region ⓘ
governedBy House of Burgesses NERFINISHED ⓘ
royal governor of Virginia ⓘ
influenced frontier political culture in Virginia ⓘ
westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
linkedTo Great Wagon Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn British America NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
North America ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity frontier trade ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
small-scale farming ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
migrationSource Pennsylvania backcountry ⓘ
partOf American colonial frontier ⓘ
Appalachian backcountry ⓘ
religion Baptist churches ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterianism
settlementPattern dispersed homesteads ⓘ
fortified settlements ⓘ
socialStructure frontier militia ⓘ
small landholders ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
colonial era ⓘ

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Lord Dunmore’s War → location → Virginia backcountry ⓘ
Jefferson County, Virginia → partOf → Virginia backcountry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia western frontier