Virginia colony

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf colony
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Jamestown
gptkbp:dissolved 1776
gptkbp:economy tobacco cultivation
gptkbp:founded 1607
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:English_settlers
gptkbp:geographicalFeature gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:governs gptkb:Sir_William_Berkeley
gptkbp:hasLegalStatus 1619
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:Foundation_of_the_United_States
First permanent English settlement in America
Development of plantation economy
Site of the first representative assembly in the New World
Home of the first African slaves in America
Legacy of slavery and civil rights issues
Role_in_the_Civil_War
Birthplace_of_American_democracy
Contributions_to_American_literature_and_culture
Cultural_and_political_center_of_early_America
Influence_on_American_law_and_governance
Influential_in_the_American_Revolution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Virginia colony
gptkbp:nativeTo gptkb:Powhatan_Confederacy
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:L._Douglas_Wilder
gptkb:Woodrow_Wilson
gptkb:Tim_Kaine
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Warren_G._Harding
gptkb:James_Monroe
gptkb:George_Mason
gptkb:James_Madison
gptkb:John_Tyler_Sr.
gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkb:William_Byrd_II
gptkb:Edmund_Pendleton
gptkb:Martha_Washington
gptkb:John_Randolph_of_Roanoke
gptkb:Patrick_Henry
gptkb:John_Marshall
gptkb:Richard_Henry_Lee
gptkb:Mark_Warner
gptkb:Harry_F._Byrd_Sr.
gptkb:Henry_Lee_III
gptkb:Ralph_Northam
gptkb:Glenn_Youngkin
gptkb:Jim_Webb
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_America
gptkbp:religion Anglicanism
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Bacon's_Rebellion