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Virginia

By Taquanjahroach

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    Jamestown was established and became an English Colony

  • Tobacco

    Tobacco
    The first crop of tobacco was exported

  • Pocahontas

    Pocahontas
    Pocahontas was sold to England by her father
  • Period: to

    French and Indian War

    The French and Indian war began and was led by General George Washington then the French and Indian War ended

  • Independence

    Independence
    After Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, Virginia adopted the first constitution and declared its independence

  • Confederacy & Wars

    Confederacy & Wars
    Virginia left the Union and joined confederacy and then the Civil War began

  • State

    State
    Virginia became the 10th US state.

  • Union

    Union
    Virginia re-entered the Union

  • Segregation

    Segregation
    Jim Crow laws were passed and segregation was created

  • Desegregation

    Desegregation
    Desegregation began, and the first African-American student attended Law School at University of Virginia which was Gregory H. Swanson