Non-Importation Association, 55
Norfolk, 67, 104, 113
Northern Neck Proprietary, 39-40
Northwest Territory, Cession of, 76
Nuthead, William, 42
Occupational Employment, 150-160
Ohio Company, 47
"Old Dominion," 36
Opechancanough, 34, 36
Optional Forms Act, 141
Owen, Robert, 137
Paper Products, 154
Parishes (incorporations), 32, 36
Parks, William, 46
"Parsons' Cause," 52-53
Paterson, William, 83
Peanuts, 157
Penal institutions, 240-241
Pendleton, Edmund, 57, 66, 67, 84
Pennsylvania-Virginia Boundary Dispute, 85-86
Petersburg, Battle of and Fall of ("Crater"), 121-122
Pharaoh, 91-92
Philadelphia Convention of 1787, 82
Philippi, Battle of, 112
Pickett, George E., 119
Piedmont Plateau, 13, 58
Pierpont, Francis H., 118, 127, 128
Pitt, William, 51, 61
Plantations, 31, 46
Plymouth Company, 25-26
Pocahontas (Lady Rebecca), 28-30
Point Pleasant (Great Kanawha), Battle of, 59
Poll Tax, 132, 133, 135, 139, 144
Pollard, John G., 141-142
Population:
Density, 22;
Trends, 22-23;
1700, 44;
1750, 48;
1800, 90;
1860, 105;
1900, 134;
1960, 21-22
Portsmouth (Gosport), 74
Pory, John, 32
Powell, John, 189
Powhatan, 29
Presidential elections:
1928, 140;
1932, 141;
1952, 145;
1956, 145;
1960, 145
Presser, Theodore, 189
Printing and publishing industry, 155
Private Academies and Seminaries, 195
Prohibition Law (State), 137
Public Utilities Employment, 158
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 24-25
Raleigh Tavern, 55, 57
Randolph, Edmund, 68, 69, 82-83, 84, 87
Randolph, John, 100
Randolph, Peyton, 57, 59, 63, 64, 66
Ratcliffe, John, 26-27, 29
Ratification of U. S. Constitution, 85
Readmission to the Union, 129
Reed, Dr. Walter, 134
Religion, 35
Reorganization Act of 1927, 140
Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment, 142
Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg, 187
Revolutionary War, 74-82
Richmond:
Burr Trial, 93;
Confederate Capital, 110-111;
Fall of Richmond, 122;
"Flu" epidemic, 138;
Old Hall of House of Delegates Disaster, 131;
Richmond Theater Tragedy, 95-96;
Slave Insurrection, 91-92;
State Capital, 75;
State Conventions--
Second Virginia Convention, 63;
Third Convention, 66;
Fourth Convention, 66-67;
1788, 84-85;
1829, 99-100;
1861, 109-110;
1867, 128;
1901 Constitutional Convention, 134-135
Rivers, 16-17
Roads, 140, 161
Rolfe, John, 28, 30-31
Royal (Crown) Colony Status, 34
Ruffner, William H., 130, 197
Rumsey, James, 86
Sailors' Creek, 123
Salt Works at Saltville, 122
Sand and gravel, 20-21
Sandys, Sir Edwin, 31-32, 35
Schofield, John M., 128
Scott, Winfield, 103
Sculptors, 178
Secession, 109-110
Separation of Powers Theory, 210-211
Seven Days' Battle, 116
Seven Pines, Battle of, 115
Sevier, John, 75
Shelby, Isaac, 75
Shenandoah National Park, 16, 142
Sheridan, Philip, 120-121
Shires, 35
Simcoe, John G., 77-78
Smith, John, 27-28, 29
Smith, William, 127
Soil, 18
South Atlantic Coastal Plain, 11-12
Spanish-American War, 134
Spotswood, Alexander, 44-46
Stamp Act and Stamp Act Congress, 53-54, 55
Stanley, Thomas B., 146
State bird, 244
State Constitutions:
1776, 69, 70, 201;
1830, 99-100, 201-202;
1850, 104, 202;
1869, 202, 203;
1902, 135, 203
State flag, 244
State flower, 244
State parks, 16
State seals and motto, 69, 243
State song, 244
Staunton, 79, 96, 137
Stone resources, 19-20, 155
Stuart, James Ewell Brown ("J.E.B."):
Battle of Brandy Station, 117-118;
Battle of Yellow Tavern, 120;
Death of Stuart, 120;
First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas), 113;
Harper's Ferry Mission, 105;
Reconnaissance Journey, 115
Suffrage, 35, 99, 104, 128, 132, 133, 135, 208
Syms, Benjamin, 35
Tarleton, Banastre, 78-79
Taxation and Finance, 241
Taylor, David Watson, 138
Taylor, Zachary:
Mexican War, 103;
Presidential Administration, 103
Tea Act, 56
Textile products, 152
Thorpe, George, 34
Tidewater area, 11-13
Tobacco, 30-31, 34, 37, 39, 42, 52, 154, 156-157
Tompkins, Sally, 125
Topography, 11-14
Towns, 237
Townshend Acts, 55
Transportation and Transportation Equipment, 154, 161
Treasurer, 224
"Treasury Right" System, 44
Treaty of Jamestown, 37
Tredegar Iron Works, 124, 138, 143
Trevillians Station, Battle of, 120
Trial Justice, 232-233
Truck farming products, 157
Tyler, John, 102-103
Tyres, Molly, 119
Underwood Constitution, 128-129
University of Virginia, 98-99
Valentine House, 181
Valley Campaign, 114-115 (Front Royal, Kernstown, McDowell, Port
Republic, Winchester)
Vanbraam, Jacob, 49
Vestries, 36
"Virginia," Origin of name, 24
Virginia Charter, 25
Virginia Company, 30, 34
"Virginia Gazette," 46
Virginia Military Institute, 101-102, 121
Virginia-North Carolina border, 46
Virginia-Pennsylvania boundary dispute, 85-86
Virginia Plan of representation, 83
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 131
Virginia Resolutions, 90
Virginia War Memorial ("Shrine of Memory"), 143-144
Von Steuben, Baron, 78
Walker, Gilbert, 129
Walker, William, 79
War between the States, 111-124
War, Lord Dunmore's, 58-59
War of 1812, 94
Washington, George:
Annapolis Convention, 82;
at Fort Le Boeuf, 49-50;
at Yorktown, 80-81;
Commander-in-Chief of the American Continental Army, 65;
Death, 90;
First Inauguration, 87;
French and Indian War, 50-52;
Lieutenant Colonel of the Virginia Regiment, 50;
Notification of the Presidency, 86;
President of the Philadelphia Convention, 82;
Presidential Administration, 87-89;
Second Continental Congress, 69;
Signer of the United States Constitution; Williamsburg
Constitution of 1774, 57
Washington and Lee University, 47, 126
Washington "Peace Conference," 108
Waterpower, 18
Wayne, Anthony, 77
West, Thomas (Lord de la Warr), 29-30
Westendorf, Thomas P., 189
West Virginia ("Kanawha"):
Debt owed to Virginia, 131, 136-137;
Separation from Virginia, 118-119;
West Virginia-Virginia boundary line, 131
Wheat, 157
Wheeling Conventions, 118
White House of the Confederacy, 181
Wholesale and Retail Trade Employment, 158
Wilderness, Battle of, 119
William and Mary College, 43, 139, 196
Williamsburg:
Colonial Capital, 46;
Colonial Capitol, 44-46;
Conventions--
First, 57-58;
Fourth, 66-67;
Fifth, 68-70;
Constitutional, 201;
1774, 57-58;
Governor Dunmore and the Powder Magazine Episode, 64;
Governor's Palace, 45;
Origin of Name, 44;
Raleigh Tavern, 55, 57;
Restoration, 139-140;
Theater, 46;
Washington's visit, 50
Williamsburg Playhouse, 190-191
Wilson, T. Woodrow, 137
Winchester:
Battle of (first), 115;
Battle of (second), 118;
Frontier campaign, 51
Wingfield, Edward Maria, 26-27
Woodford, William, 67
Women:
Arrival, 33;
Education, 139, 196-197;
heroic role during War between the States, 125
World War I, 137-138
World War II, 142-144
Wren, Sir Christopher, 43
Wren Building, 43, 183
Wythe, George, 64, 69, 71, 74-75, 82, 84
Yeardley, Sir George, 32
Yellow Tavern, 120
Yorktown:
Battle of, 114;
Cornwallis at Yorktown, 79-81;
"Tea Party," 60-61
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