Colony and Dominion of Virginia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Colony_and_Dominion_of_Virginia

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_region British colony
gptkbp:area	varied over time, originally vast territory
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Jamestown gptkb:Williamsburg
gptkbp:currency	Pound sterling
gptkbp:demonym	gptkb:Virginian
gptkbp:disbanded	1776
gptkbp:economy	gptkb:tobacco agriculture
gptkbp:established	1607
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Union_Jack
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:Royal_Governor gptkb:House_of_Burgesses
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Colony and Dominion of Virginia
gptkbp:joinedUnitedStates	1776
gptkbp:legislature	gptkb:House_of_Burgesses
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:North_America gptkb:British_America
gptkbp:monarchDuringDisestablishment	gptkb:George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:monarchDuringEstablishment	James I of England
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_I
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Bacon's_Rebellion First permanent English settlement in America arrival of first enslaved Africans in 1619
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:George_Washington gptkb:James_Madison gptkb:John_Smith gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson gptkb:Sir_William_Berkeley gptkb:Patrick_Henry gptkb:Richard_Henry_Lee gptkb:James_Monroe gptkb:John_Rolfe gptkb:Pocahontas gptkb:Edmund_Randolph gptkb:George_Mason
gptkbp:officialLanguage	English
gptkbp:originalCharterBy	gptkb:Virginia_Company_of_London
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Roanoke_Colony
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Church_of_England
gptkbp:significantSettlement	gptkb:Yorktown gptkb:Jamestown gptkb:Williamsburg
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Virginia
gptkbp:type	charter colony proprietary colony royal colony
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5