Virginia Convention of 1861

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical event
gptkbp:attendance delegates
gptkbp:conference February 13, 1861
gptkbp:controversy secession
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:Virginia_military_forces
gptkbp:date 1861
gptkbp:discusses Military preparedness
State rights
gptkbp:documentedIn historical records
gptkbp:established gptkb:Confederate_government_in_Virginia
gptkbp:followedBy Virginia's_role_in_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:formed Virginia_State_Line
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:John_Janney
gptkbp:has_a_focus_on Civil War historians
gptkbp:heldIn gptkb:Richmond
gptkbp:historicalContext Preceding_the_Civil_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Virginia Convention of 1861
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Southern_states'_secession
economic factors
public sentiment
Southern_nationalism
gptkbp:is_a other state conventions
gptkbp:is_a_gathering_for political leaders
secessionist leaders
Virginia's_political_landscape
gptkbp:is_a_platform_for discussing secession
gptkbp:is_a_reflection_of Southern values
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of historical analysis
gptkbp:is_attended_by military leaders
prominent politicians
gptkbp:is_characterized_by intense debates
gptkbp:is_part_of Secession crisis
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:Governor_John_Letcher
gptkbp:keyEvent gptkb:Southern_secession_movement
Virginia's_history
gptkbp:led_to Virginia_joining_the_Confederacy
gptkbp:location gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:notable_event Southern_states.
gptkbp:notableFeature 152
gptkbp:operational_status April 17, 1861
gptkbp:opposedBy Unionists
gptkbp:outcome Adoption of the Ordinance of Secession
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:resultedIn Virginia's_secession_from_the_United_States
gptkbp:saw_the_rise_of gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America
gptkbp:significance Secession from the Union
gptkbp:significantEvent American_history
gptkbp:voterTurnout Ordinance of Secession
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for Civil_War_battles_in_Virginia
gptkbp:was_a_factor_in Virginia's_Civil_War_strategy
gptkbp:was_a_response_to gptkb:Lincoln's_election
gptkb:Fort_Sumter_attack
the abolitionist movement
Northern aggression
gptkbp:was_marked_by political divisions