Colonial Virginia

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:abolished 1776
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Jamestown
gptkb:Williamsburg
gptkbp:colonies charter colony
royal colony
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Virginia_pound
gptkbp:economy plantation agriculture
tobacco cultivation
gptkbp:education gptkb:College_of_William_&_Mary
gptkbp:existedDuring 1607
gptkbp:existedUntil 1776
gptkbp:firstPermanentSettlement gptkb:Jamestown
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Union_Jack
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Virginia_Company
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Royal_Governor
gptkb:House_of_Burgesses
gptkbp:hasMajorPort gptkb:Yorktown
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colonial Virginia
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:House_of_Burgesses
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:North_America
gptkb:British_America
gptkbp:mainExports gptkb:tobacco
gptkbp:mainRiver gptkb:James_River
gptkbp:militaryConflict gptkb:Anglo-Powhatan_Wars
gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkb:French_and_Indian_War
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_I
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Bacon's_Rebellion
arrival of first Africans in 1619
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:John_Smith
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Sir_William_Berkeley
gptkb:Patrick_Henry
gptkb:John_Rolfe
gptkb:Pocahontas
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
gptkbp:populationIn1775 about 500,000
gptkbp:primaryImport manufactured goods
gptkbp:relationshipWithNativeAmericans gptkb:Powhatan_Confederacy
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:religiousEstablishment gptkb:Church_of_England
gptkbp:royalColonyFrom 1624
gptkbp:slavePopulationIn1775 about 200,000
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Virginia
gptkbp:usedSlavery yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chickahominy_River
gptkb:Randolph_family_of_Virginia
gptkb:Northern_Neck
gptkb:Smith_family_of_Virginia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6