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Jamestown established
The first successful English settlement -
More settlers arrived in Jamestown
A fire destroyed all homes in Jamestown. Jamestown was a roller-coaster because it was really good and really bad at times and jumped around a lot -
John Rolfe introduces tobacco seeds
Tobacco was Jamestown's main cash crop and later saved Jamestown when the colonists were struggling -
The first export of tobacco
This is exciting for Virginia because this is their main source of money -
Pocahontas was captured and brought to Jamestown
This is where John Rolfe and her meet. -
John Rolfe and Pocahontas get married
Even though they get married there isn't much love involved or possibly any at all -
The first meeting of Virginia's General court (House of Burgesses)
This is one step towards self government which has pretty much been the idea since these days until the British -
An Indian massacre caused 347 deaths to the colonists
No war was immediately caused by this attack but it obviously angered the colonists. -
Virginia was made a royal colony by King James
The colonists did not like this because of the self-government type they were used to -
Bacon led a rebellion
This is famously known as Bacon's Rebellion. They burned the capitol building as well as Jamestown. Bacon died and the supporters were hanged -
Edgar Allan Poe is born
A world famous legendary poet is born. -
Nat Turner led a slave revolt
A big step towards the end of slavery. -
Virginia state flag adopted
Virginia joins confederacy; The Civil War begins -
Confederate raid at Catlett's Station
Aug. 29-30 Battle of Second Manassas
Sept. 1 Battle Chantilly
Sept. 4-6 Confederate army passes through Leesburg on the March to Maryland -
West Virginia is formed
West Virginia is formed from northwestern Virginia. -
Lincoln re-elected
Lincoln gets shot and dies the next day. Remaining confederate armies surrender, this is the end of the civil war -
Presidential reconstruction
Abraham chooses a southern vice president because he thought it would make him appeal more to southerners. -
Radical congressional reconstruction
This allowed the north to override Johnsons votes -
President Johnson impeached
Southern states readmitted to the union. New England woman's club founded -
15th amendment ratified
This gives blacks the right to vote but not women. -
Woodrow became the 8th Virginian to be elected as president
8 president in one state is quite a few considering there had only been about 20-30 at this time -
The first public school in Virginia
took place in Arlington County and Norfolk. Now in modern times most people attend public schools -
Chesapeake bay bridge tunnel opened
Connects the mainland and the Eastern shore. In Oklahoma there is a NBA basketball arena named after this bridge -
Linwood Holton Jr. became first republican governor to be elected since 1869
Now the trend is pretty equal comparing republican and democrats. -
new industries open during WW2
This makes the states industrial grow and their overall power.
