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The Virginian Colony

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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VIRGINIA

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HISTORY

  • Jamestown is the first permanent English colony in Virginia in 1607.
  • Founded by john smith.
  • In 1748 "the harpers ferry" begins carrying passengers
  • In 1772 virginia government allows families to live rent free on land owned by the state.
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GEOGRAPHY

  • Trading, cotton livestock grain corn. Etc...
  • Mountains, valleys, costal plains.
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ECONOMY

  • Iron industry
  • Trading Tobacco wheat corn
  • Plantation agriculture
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GOVERNMENT

  • Run by the local council who voted for a president
  • Representative government
  • By 1775 Virginia was governed as a royal colony.
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RELIGION

  • Mostly Protestant Christianity
  • Some Baptist
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