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Virginia Got It's Name
Queen Elizabeth 1 sent Sir Walter Raleigh to america to name colonies. Sir Raleigh named Virginia after Queen Elizabeth 1 because she never married she was sometimes called the "Virgin Queen." -
The first permanent Colony is made
The first permanent English colony in North America is made at Jamestown. -
No more American Revolution
In 1781 the Battle of Yorktown, Virginia ends the American Revolution. -
Virginia becomes a state
Virginia is now the 10th state! -
George Washington is president
Today George Washington becomes the first U.S president and he takes the oath of office. -
The Civil War
When Abraham Lincoln became president the southern states seceded and became the confederate states. The confederate states fired at Fort Sumter and then began the Civil War. -
Virginia comes back!
Virginia is nowreadmitted in the Union and has a new constitution. -
World War 1
This year World War 1 spurs Virginia's shipping industry. -
The Pentagon
Terrorists fly a hijacked plane to the Pentagon killing 125 people -
400 years!
Virginia celebrates the 400th aniversary of when Jamestown was founded!
