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	Colonial Virginia
		Meantime the white and red races were united in Virginia by the marriage of Rolfe and the daughter of the Indian chief Powhatan.
		The other respect in which the triumph of the Roundheads in England affected Virginia was that it caused an exodus of Cavaliers from England to the colony, similar to the great Puritan migration to Massachusetts, caused by the triumph of the opposite party twenty years before.
		The new sovereign was utterly without gratitude to the people of Virginia for their former loyalty, and indeed, it may be said that his accession marks the beginning of a long period of turmoil, discontent, and political strife in Virginia.
	www.usahistory.info /southern/Virginia.html (5407 words)

	Virginia's History
		Though the fundamental cause of unrest in Virginia was economic and brought about by dire distress of the small farmers, liberty-loving Anglo-Saxons were holding responsible for their plight the arrogant rule of the governor, who they believed had deprived them of the freeman's right to petition for redress.
		The essential history of Virginia from 1690 to 1776 is a record of the economic and territorial expansion of a maturing colony.
		Meanwhile the Fourth Virginia Convention passed scathing resolutions condemning Lord Dunmore and announcing that the people of Virginia were ready to protect themselves 'against every species of despotism.' In November the ex-governor had declared the colony to be in revolt and had proclaimed all slaves in Virginia free.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~HYPER/VAGuide/history.html (11081 words)

	Colonial Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		That a colony was planted in Virginia, at or near Jamestown, in 1526, again on the Rappahannock in 1570, is not generally known.
		Virginia Dare, his granddaughter, was born during his absence, her mother (Ellinor) being the wife of Ananias Dare, a member of the council.
		It is true these friends of Virginia were finally defeated in their every endeavor, notwithstanding their appeal to Parliament, and the expressed sympathy of that body, yet the Virginians had time to recover, at least in a measure, from the shock of the massacre, ere the King could succeed in annulling the charter.
	www.ls.net /~newriver/va/cridlin1.htm (19773 words)

	13 Originals
		Sir Richard Grenville led the fleet that brought them to the New World, the Governor of the colony was Master Ralph Lane and among the colonists was Walter Raleigh's confidant Thomas Harriot, author of "A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia", a chronicle of their adventure.
		Little Virginia Dare, was the granddaughter of John White, the appointed Governor of the "Lost Colony", and was probably the first English baby born in the New World.
		Virginia colonists began to settle the North Carolina region in 1653 to provide a buffer for the southern frontier.
	www.timepage.org /spl/13colony.html (3518 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Documents: Instructions for the Virginia Colony, 1606
		From Revolution to Reconstruction: Documents: Instructions for the Virginia Colony, 1606
		As we doubt not but you will have especial care to observe the ordinances set down by the King's Majesty and delivered unto you under the Privy Seal; so for your better directions upon your first landing we have thought good to recommend unto your care these instructions and articles following.
		Lastly and chiefly the way to prosper and achieve good success is to make yourselves all of one mind for the good of your country and your own, and to serve and fear God the Giver of all Goodness, for every plantation which our Heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted out.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/D/1601-1650/virginia/instru.htm (784 words)

	Brad Cox, Ph.D. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But there was no gold in Virginia, and these "prospectors" didn't know how to farm, didn't know how to hunt, and--possibly feeling betrayed by the Virginia Company's promises, and lacking any land of their own--were not known for their spirit of cooperation either among themselves, nor with the local Indians of the Powhattan confederacy.
		Rolfe brought Rebecca with him, where her exotic beauty and regal bearing made her a popular rage, and she was presented to the King and Queen at court as a princess.
		Despite James I's disapproval of the colony's dependence on a crop he despised, the very survival of the colony* could be at stake.
	www.virtualschool.edu /mon/SocialConstruction/Jamestown.html (4123 words)

	Evolution of the Virginia Colony, 1610-1630
		Almost from the start, investors in the Virginia Company in England were unhappy with the accomplishments of their Jamestown colonists.
		The harsh regimes of the Virginia governors were not especially attractive to potential colonists.
		The colony also continued to face the problem of lack of laborers and inability to feed itself.
	memory.loc.gov /learn/features/timeline/colonial/virginia/virginia.html (837 words)

	A Brief History of Jamestown, Virginia
		Despite James I's disapproval of the colony's dependence on a crop he despised, the very survival of his namesake colony could be at stake.
		In 1635, at the age of 20, Thomas returned to Virginia to reclaim his birthrights--both English ("Varina," the plantation--named for a variety of tobacco--on which he was born) and Indian, as his grandfather Powhatan had left him thousands of acres all around Jamestown.
		Contact and Conflict focuses on the settlement of colonial Virginia and the complex interactions between its English, Native American, and African inhabitants.
	www.tobacco.org /History/Jamestown.html (5773 words)

	History Net-A Brief History of Jamestown, Virginia
		But there was no gold in Virginia, and these "prospectors" didn't know how to farm, didn't know how to hunt, and--possibly feeling betrayed by the Virginia Company's promises, and lacking any land of their own--were not known for their spirit of cooperation either among themselves, nor with the local Indians of the Powhatan confederacy.
		Rolfe brought Rebecca with him, where her exotic looks and regal bearing made her a popular rage, and she was presented to the court of Queen Anne as a princess.
		Raleigh was on difficult terms with James; a favorite of Elizabeth I, he had tried 3 times in the 1580s to establish a permanent English settlement in Virginia (the last had been the especially ill-fated "Lost Colony" on Roanoke Island), and had named the state itself for the Virgin Queen.
	www.historian.org /local/jamstwnva.htm (4582 words)

	Timeline Virginia
		Virginia Dare, daughter of John White, became the first child of English parents to be born on American soil.
		The colony was near the large Indian village of Werowocomoco, home of Pocahontas, the daughter Powhatan, an Algonquin chief.
		The Virginia document was written by George Mason and was a precursor to the Declaration of Independence.
	timelines.ws /states/VIRGINIA.HTML (14259 words)

	Virginia Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Virginia Company was formed with a charter from King James I in 1606.
		It had the power to appoint the Council of Virginia, the Governor and other officials, and the responsibility to provide settlers, supplies and ships for the venture.
		The charter was finally revoked in 1624 and Virginia became a Crown colony, largely as a result of the Indian Massacre of 1622.
	www.apva.org /history/vaco.html (139 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: The Virginia Colony (Thirteen Colonies) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In an effort to help readers understand the ensuing problems between the natives and the newcomers, Fradin asks his audience to pretend that they live in an English village in 1607, when a group of Indian warriors take their land without asking permission.
		In addition to the development of colonial government, the tobacco-based economy, and the degenerating relations with England, Fradin also discusses the injustices of slavery.
		Presents the history, economy, culture, and people of the Virginia colony from the early Indian settlements to the Revolution.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0516003879?v=glance (444 words)

	The Roanoke Colony of "Virginia" from De Bry's Grand Voyages.
		The Roanoke Colony of "Virginia" from De Bry's Grand Voyages.
		The images are after paintings by John White, who was sent to ‘Virginia’ by Raleigh specifically to make drawings of this new colony.
		The text is by Thomas Hariot who was another member of the colony.
	www.philaprintshop.com /debry1.html (172 words)

	The Plymouth Colony Archive Project
		This Plymouth Colony Archive presents a collection of fully searchable texts, including: court records, colony laws, seventeenth century journals and memoirs, probate inventories, wills, town plans, maps, and fort plans; research and seminar analyses of numerous topics; biographical profiles of selected colonists; and architectural, archaeological and material culture studies.
		Among other works, published here for the first time are a Glossary and Notes on Plymouth Colony, Seventeenth Century Timber Framing, and Vernacular House Forms in Seventeenth Century Plymouth Colony: An Analysis of Evidence from the Plymouth Colony Room-by-Room Probate Inventories 1633-1685, by Patricia Scott Deetz and James Deetz.
		Excerpts from The Times of Their Lives: Life, Love & Death in Plymouth Colony, by Jim and Trish Deetz, provide analysis of the history and the myths created about the Plymouth colonists.
	etext.lib.virginia.edu /users/deetz (236 words)

	Ford's Colony at Williamsburg
		Voted the number one master planned community in the United States, Ford’s Colony is nestled in the rolling woodlands of Williamsburg, Virginia.
		Boasting 54 holes of championship golf; an award winning exclusive country club; a restaurant which has received the AAA Five Diamond award for 8 consecutive years; home sites; homes and town homes; Ford’s Colony is waiting for you to explore.
		Take a look at Ford's Colony Rocky Mount
	www.fordscolony.com (70 words)

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