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	History of Virginia ABC
		The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control was created under the provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, Chapter 94 of Acts of Assembly, Session of 1934 and subject to amendments thereto.
		The special election was held on October 3, 1933 and Virginia voted 99,640 to 58,518 to ratify the 21st amendment and 100,445 to 57,873 to devise a plan of liquor control to supersede State Prohibition.
		Virginia was the 32nd state to ratify the 21st amendment.
	www.abc.state.va.us /admin/hist1.htm (603 words)

	City of Portsmouth, Virginia - History
		Portsmouth was founded as a town in 1752, on 65 acres of land on the shores of the Elizabeth River.
		The town was founded by William Crawford, a wealthy merchant and ship owner who at various times had held office as the Norfolk County presiding court judge, high sheriff, militia lieutenant colonel and representative to the House of Burgesses.
		The town already had a rich history by the time it was separated from the county government and given status as an independent city in 1858.
	www.portsmouthva.gov /history (187 words)

	VAEmergency.com > Newsroom & Archives > Virginia Hurricane History
		Virginia lost 13 people and damages were conservatively estimated in from Connie and Diane brought record total rainfall for the month of August.
		Camille entered Virginia on Aug. 19 as a tropical depression, and though not a hurricane or tropical storm, she had picked up enough moisture from the warm Gulf Stream that when she slowed over the Commonwealth, her thunderstorms "trained" (one followed the other) for 12 hours.
		Virginia damage was over $625 million, and there were 36 deaths in Virginia directly or indirectly related to the storm.
	www.vaemergency.com /newsroom/history/hurricane.cfm (6390 words)

	Legislative History in Virginia
		Legislative history encompasses the tracking of the history of a bill and the research to analyze the intent of legislators when they submitted, discussed, passed, or rejected a bill.
		Such history becomes crucial when the meaning of a law/statute is challenged in court and clarification is required.
		Documents published by the General Assembly provide the history of bills and the approved/rejected amendments, the actions and votes of the committees, the vote of each house, and the final approved edition of each bill that becomes law.
	www.lva.lib.va.us /whatwehave/gov/leg_his.htm (1177 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)

	History of Virginia: Virginia Is For Lovers
		From 1649 to 1660, England and Virginia did not have a king. Instead, the Puritans ruled under a Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell. The government was called the Commonwealth of England.
		In colonial times, Virginia was officially known as the Colony and Dominion of Virginia. When the 13 colonies broke ties with the British Crown during the Revolution, the old name was no longer suitable.
		The delegates to the convention in Williamsburg, when the first Constitution of Virginia was adopted on June 29, 1776, used commonwealth as the name for the new form of government. It is very likely they had in mind the Puritans' rebellion against the Crown in England over 100 years earlier.
	www.virginia.org /site/features.asp?featureID=99 (408 words)

	Colonial Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Virginia Dare, his granddaughter, was born during his absence, her mother (Ellinor) being the wife of Ananias Dare, a member of the council.
		The Virginia lottery, by which 29,000 pounds sterling had been received, now being at an end, it was found necessary to raise additional revenue for use of the company in its Virginia enterprise.
		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 (19743 words)

	History of Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The History of Virginia began with the settlement of the geographic region now known as the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States thousands of years ago by Native Americans.
		Virginia became one of the wealthiest and most populated of the English colonies in North America.
		Virginia remained under military control until 1869, since the Union commander, General John M. Schofield, refused to authorize a vote on the constitution drafted by a Radical convention.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Virginia (8444 words)

	Virginia
		One of the original 13 states (it entered the Union in 1788), Virginia was named for Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen of England.
		Virginia holds an important place in American history, as it was home to many of the founding fathers, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Mason, and Patrick Henry.
		During the Civil War, Richmond, Virginia's capital, was the capital of the Confederacy.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/va (155 words)

	History of Virginia Tobacco Law
		Virginia's General Assembly passes law (COV 18.2-371.2) prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to anyone less than 16 years of age and the purchase or possession of tobacco products by anyone less than 16.
		Cigarette vending machines were excluded provided that a notice regarding the law was posted on the machines.
		On July 1, ABC entered into a new contract with the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation to provide funding for tobacco compliance checks throughout the Commonwealth.
	www.abc.state.va.us /facts/tobacco.html (435 words)

	Department of History at Virginia Tech
		The dates for the Spring 2007 semester are February 19-23, 2007.
		More information about the History major requirements and the change of major form may be found
		The Department of History condemns all acts of intolerance on the basis of race, gender, religion,
	www.history.vt.edu (202 words)

	The History of Virginia
		History of the colony after the change of their government, from an elective president to a commissionated governor, until the dissolution of the company.
		History of the government, from the dissolution of the company to the year 1707.
		The country being thus taken into the king's hands, his majesty was please to establish the constitution to be by a governor, council and assembly, and to confirm the former methods and jurisdictions of the several courts, as they had been appointed in the year 1620, and placed the last resort in the assembly.
	www.vcdh.virginia.edu /xml_docs/jamestown/J1001.xml (12646 words)

	History of Jamestown
		In June of 1606, King James I granted a charter to a group of London entrepreneurs, the Virginia Company, to establish a satellite English settlement in the Chesapeake region of North America.
		On May 14, 1607, the Virginia Company explorers landed on Jamestown Island, to establish the Virginia English colony on the banks of the James River 60 miles from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.
		Jamestown remained the capital of Virginia until its major statehouse, located on the western end of the APVA property, burned in 1698.
	www.apva.org /history/index.html (904 words)

	History of Virginia City, Nevada and the Comstock Lode
		Virginia City holds a special place in the history of the West and America.
		The resulting boom turned Virginny Town into Virginia City, the most important settlement between Denver and San Francisco; and the grubby prospectors into instant millionaires who built mansions, imported furniture and fashions from Europe and the Orient, and financed the Civil War.
		With the gold and silver came the building of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, which ran from Reno to Carson City to Virginia City and later to Minden.
	www.vcnevada.com /history.htm (553 words)

	The US50 - A guide to the state of Virginia - History
		The history of America is closely tied to that of Virginia, particularly in the Colonial period.
		After several years of law practice, Jefferson was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses (1769-75) and sided with the revolutionary faction, writing an influential tract, A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774).
		Jefferson then returned to Virginia, where as a member of its legislature (1776-79), he took the lead in creating a state constitution and then served as governor (1779-81); during this time he proposed that Virginia abolish the slave trade and assure religious freedom, but he did not achieve this.
	www.theus50.com /virginia/history.shtml (1613 words)

	USGS Earthquake Hazards Program » Earthquake History of Virginia
		An earthquake, apparently centered in southwestern Virginia, on March 9, 1828, was reported felt over an area of about 565,000 square kilometers, from Pennsylvania to South Carolina and the Atlantic Coastal Plain to Ohio.
		The lack of Virginia reports may perhaps be ascribed to the fact that the Civil War was under way and there was rather heavy fighting in Virginia at the time.
		Broken windows were reported at Washington, D.C. The tremor was noticed by President Wilson and his family at the White House; the President's secretary called a newspaper office to learn the cause of the terrifying noise.
	earthquake.usgs.gov /regional/states/virginia/history.php (1078 words)

	History - Leesburg, Virginia (About Leesburg)
		The Loudoun Museum located next to Town Hall in downtown Leesburg, offers a video on the history of Leesburg and Loudoun County and is an ideal place to begin your tour of Leesburg.
		Thomas Balch Library, located one block west of Town Hall, is a repository for historical and genealogical information for Leesburg and the surrounding area and is a popular destination for those researching their family trees.
		Experience the history of Leesburg through Exploring Leesburg a guide to history and architecture, a walking tour guide book designed to bring you closer to the real character in Leesburg; the architecture, the history of the people who have passed this way before.
	www.leesburgva.gov /about/History (423 words)

	West Virginia's Veterans History Project
		The Veterans History Project is a project of the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress that encourages war veterans; their families, veteran groups, community groups, and students to audio and videotape the memories of veterans' time in service.
		West Virginia's Veterans History Project is a grassroots campaign to collect the stories of West Virginia's 202,000 veterans.
		The project is designed to preserve the histories of American veterans and civilians who were involved in World War I, World War II, and the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf Wars.
	veteranshistory.wvu.edu (332 words)

	Geology of Virginia \| Geology of VA
		Rocks exposed in the Commonwealth of Virginia record the advance of ancient shorelines, the collision of continents, the tracks of long-extinct dinosaurs, and over one billion years of geologic history.
		Virginia has a diverse landscape that extends from the high rocky summits in the Blue Ridge Mountains to low-lying barrier islands exposed to the Atlantic Ocean.
		How Virginia's caves in the Valley and Ridge province had a role in the Civil War.
	www.wm.edu /geology/virginia (208 words)

	Virginia Hurricane History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		September 15-22, 1999 (Floyd): Initially forming northeast of the Caribbean Sea on the 9th, Floyd steadily intensified into a strong category four hurricane, with sustained winds of 155 mph, as it approached the Central Bahamas, only three weeks after the passage of Dennis through the same area.
		Hundreds of secondary roads and thirty primary roads were closed, isolating extreme southeast Virginia from the rest of the state.
		To the left is an image of some of the flooding that occurred in Franklin, taken by Liz Roll, of FEMA.
	www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov /research/roth/vahur.htm (537 words)

	Alumni- Virginia Tech Department of History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Department of History is proud of its association with the Virginia Tech Alumni Association and welcomes visits, communications, and continuing support for the study of history at Virginia Tech.
		Sensitive to the need for a representative and balanced board, we invited eleven diverse and colorful history alums and friends (see Alumni Board) to serve for three-year terms.
		At our inaugural meeting in November of 2002, History faculty gave presentations showcasing the exciting application of technology to the study and teaching of history.
	www.history.vt.edu /ALUMNI.html (214 words)

	Virginia's First People - Past and Present
		European colonists arriving in Virginia may have been greeted with, "Wingapo." Indians have lived in what is now called Virginia for thousands of years.
		While we are still learning about the people who inhabited this land, it is clear that Virginia history did not begin in 1607.
		If you ask any Virginia Indian, "When did you come to this land?", he or she will tell you, "We have always been here."
	virginiaindians.pwnet.org (93 words)

	Virginia City, Nevada and the Comstock Lode
		Virginia City, Nevada is one of America's largest Historic Landmarks.
		Some say Virginia City's rich gold and silver mines financed the Civil War.
		Now rich in history, Virginia City and the Comstock Lode still maintain the flavor of the hifalutin mining days, when Mark Twain roamed the streets and everybody wanted a piece of the "Richest Place on Earth."
	www.vcnevada.com (135 words)

	Virginia Wines - Aged to Perfection
		Everything from tasting tips, wine varieties in Virginia, food and wine combinations, and a history of Virginia wine - includes media materials.
		Visiting Virginia's wineries is not only a fun way to learn more about the wine making process, it can also earn you great prizes.
		Virginia is producing award-winning wines that compete on both the national and international level.
	www.virginiawines.org (380 words)

	Virginia History
		Jamestown Rediscovery is investigating the remains of 1607 Jamestown on the APVA property on Jamestown Island, Virginia.
		Virtual Jamestown is a digital research-teaching-learning project to explore the legacies of the Jamestown settlement and "the Virginia experiment." As a work in progress,Virtual Jamestown aims to shape the national dialogue on the occasion of the four hundred-year anniversary celebration in 2007 of the founding of the Jamestown colony.
		Please e-mail them to: marg@mhost.com so that they may be added to the list.
	marg.mhost.com /vahistory.html (425 words)

	Virginia - Teaching American History 2004 Grants Abstracts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Foundations of Freedom II builds on a current Foundations of Freedom project for elementary school teachers, providing a continuum for the 5th grade students who enter middle school.
		This professional development program, aimed at all 6th, 7th and 8th grade history teachers, emphasizes a different aspect of U.S. history each year to match the middle school curriculum: year 1, grade 6 teachers study Revolutionary America; year 2, grade 7 teachers study Sharing Freedom; year 3 grade 8 teachers study Founding Documents in Action.
		Special education teachers are included in all facets of the project, reflecting the large numbers of special education students in the district.
	www.ed.gov /programs/teachinghistory/2004tahabstracts/va.html?exp=0 (176 words)

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