The Colony of Virginia was an English, later British, colonial settlement in North America between 1606 and 1776. The first effort to create an English... 80 KB (9,299 words) - 02:43, 10 April 2024 |
settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River... 76 KB (7,627 words) - 23:32, 5 April 2024 |
The establishment of the Roanoke Colony (/ˈroʊənoʊk/ ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement... 114 KB (14,446 words) - 14:42, 28 April 2024 |
of Burgesses (/ˈbɜːrdʒəsɪz/) was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia.... 31 KB (3,467 words) - 16:44, 10 April 2024 |
London Company established the Colony of Virginia as the first permanent English colony in the New World. Virginia's state nickname, the Old Dominion... 299 KB (26,546 words) - 13:35, 25 April 2024 |
early competition with the colony of Virginia to its south, and the Dutch colony of New Netherland to its north, the province of Maryland developed along... 55 KB (6,441 words) - 04:36, 11 April 2024 |
the first settlement of the Virginia Colony, founded in 1607, and served as the capital of Virginia until 1699, when the seat of government was moved... 64 KB (7,824 words) - 02:07, 19 April 2024 |
the colony. Others, such as Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, held the lead role for many years but were in Virginia for only a short portion of that... 9 KB (953 words) - 16:53, 1 January 2024 |