Colony of Virginia

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:area varied over time, originally vast
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Colony_of_Delaware
gptkb:Colony_of_Maryland
gptkb:Colony_of_New_Jersey
gptkb:Colony_of_New_York
gptkb:Colony_of_North_Carolina
gptkb:Colony_of_Pennsylvania
gptkb:Colony_of_South_Carolina
gptkb:Ohio_Country
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Jamestown
gptkb:Williamsburg
gptkbp:colonizedBy gptkb:England
gptkbp:currency Pound sterling
gptkbp:dissolved 1776
gptkbp:economy Tobacco cultivation
gptkbp:established 1607
gptkbp:firstGovernor gptkb:Edward_Maria_Wingfield
gptkbp:firstLegislativeAssembly 1619
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Union_Jack_(after_1707)
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:House_of_Burgesses
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colony of Virginia
gptkbp:importedSlavesFrom gptkb:Africa
gptkbp:lastRuler gptkb:Lord_Dunmore
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:motto En dat Virginia quintum
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_I
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkb:Bacon's_Rebellion
First permanent English settlement in America
Arrival of first Africans in 1619
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:John_Smith
gptkb:Sir_William_Berkeley
gptkb:John_Rolfe
gptkb:Pocahontas
gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Dale
gptkbp:notableTown gptkb:Norfolk
gptkb:Richmond
gptkb:Yorktown
gptkb:Jamestown
gptkb:Williamsburg
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
gptkb:British_America
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Roanoke_Colony
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Virginia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4