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Virginia has 9 major river systems
-Potomac- Shenandoah
-Rappahannock
-York
-Roanoke
-Chowan
-New
-Tennessee
-Big Sandy

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In 1699 the town of Williamsburg was established and was designated as the capital of the colony. The General Assembly met temporarily in the Wren Building at The College of William and Mary.

1619-1632 - First Legislative Meeting - Jamestown Virginia's General Assembly met for eleven years in the choir of the church at Jamestown. This building was the only one large enough to hold the Council, the Governor, and the 22-member House of Burgesses (as it was known until 1775).

1732 - Birth of George Washington. George Washington was born in Westmoreland County on February 22, 1732. He was the 1st US President,
serving from 1789 to 1797.

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http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3575

http://virginiafun.facts.co/virginiafunfactsforkids/virginiafunfacts.php

http://www.ereferencedesk.com/resources/state-history-timeline/virginia.html

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In 1644, Opechcanough launched a last, desperate attack. After about two years of warfare, in which some 500 colonists were killed, Opechcanough was captured and shot and the survivors of Powhatan's confederacy, now reduced to just 2,000, agreed to submit to English rule.

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In 1622, Powhatan's successor, Opechcanough, tried to wipe out the English in a surprise attack. Two Indian converts to Christianity warned the English; still, 347 settlers, or about a third of the English colonists, died in the attack. Warfare persisted for ten years, followed by an uneasy peace.

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Early Virginia was a death trap. Of the first 3,000 immigrants, all but 600 were dead within a few years of arrival. Virginia was a society in which life was short, diseases ran rampant, and parentless children and multiple marriages were common.

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1. Virginia has produced more U.S. presidents than any other sate in the United States.

2. The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America

3. More Civil War battles were fought in Virginia than in any other state.

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The Anglican Church was the official church of Virginia. There were many religious rules that became official laws in the colony. One example of this is that all colonists were required to attend church twice on Sundays.

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Sir Walter Raleigh considered the colony an investment. He would earn money through it by trading the raw materials found there to England, which would help grow England's economy. Settlers would set up farms, and sell their produce through the Virginia Company of London, who owned Virginia. It was set up so the Virginia Company would be at a profit, by buying produce cheap from Virginia, then selling it at steep prices in England.

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Virginia, the first of the thirteen English Colonies in the New World, is located in the South. Colonists experienced very hot and humid summers, and mild winters. The fertile soil and plentiful rain made Virginia a great place for farming. There were many bays where ports could be made for trade. In the western part of the colony, the mountains and heavy woods made it hard to make big farms, so they were small, self-sufficient farms.

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The founder of Virginia was John Smith in the year 1607.