Virginia (colony)

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:abolishedSlavery 1865
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Maryland_(colony)
gptkb:North_Carolina_(colony)
gptkb:Pennsylvania_(colony)
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Jamestown
gptkb:Williamsburg
gptkbp:currency Pound sterling
gptkbp:dissolved 1776
gptkbp:economy Tobacco cultivation
gptkbp:established 1607
gptkbp:exportedTo Cotton
Indigo
Tobacco
gptkbp:firstGeneralAssembly 1619
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Union_Jack
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Virginia_Company
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Royal_Governor
gptkb:House_of_Burgesses
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Virginia (colony)
gptkbp:import Textiles
Enslaved Africans
Manufactured goods
gptkbp:joinedConfederation 1776
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:House_of_Burgesses
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_I
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkb:Bacon's_Rebellion
gptkb:Surrender_at_Yorktown
First permanent English settlement in America
Arrival of first Africans in 1619
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:John_Smith
gptkb:Sir_Walter_Raleigh
gptkb:John_Rolfe
gptkb:Pocahontas
gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Dale
gptkbp:notableTown 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:status British colony
Proprietary colony
Charter colony
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Virginia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kentucky_(claimed)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5