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Encyclopedia: Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is a state in the Southern United States. Named after Queen Elizabeth I of England, who was known as the Virgin Queen, this commonwealth was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. Virginia was the first part of the Americas to be continuously inhabited by British colonists from its founding as a European colony up to the American Revolution. It included area explored by the 1584 expedition of Sir Walter Raleigh along the coast of North America, and at one time it also included Bermuda (or Virgineola). The London Virginia Company became incorporated as a joint stock company by a proprietary charter drawn up on April 10, 1606. The charter granted lands stretching from approximately the 34th parallel (North Carolina) north to approximately the 45th parallel (New York) and from the Atlantic Ocean westward (although the Third Charter of 1612 extended its boundaries far enough across the Atlantic to incorporate Bermuda, which the company had been in possession of since 1609). The capital is Richmond and the most populous city is Virginia Beach.

Virginia is known as the "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson), exceeded by no other state. Most of the United States' early presidents were from the state. Virginia has also been known as the "Mother of States", because portions of the original Colony subsequently became Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and West Virginia as well as some portions of Ohio. Additionally, most of what is now Wisconsin and Michigan was also briefly claimed by Virginia during the Revolutionary War.

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How to say "Virginia" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	弗吉尼亚州
	(Japanese)	バージニア州
	(German)	Virginia
	(Spanish)	Virginia
	(French)	Virginie
	(Italian)	Virginia

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Ashby, Virginia

Ashby, Cumberland County, Virginia Ashby, Warren County, Virginia...

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Riverview, Virginia

Riverview, Virginia may refer to: Riverview, Norfolk, Virginia, a neighborhood of Norfolk Riverview, Wise County, Virginia...

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Shiloh, Virginia

Shiloh is the name of five places in the State of Virginia in the United States of America: Shiloh, King George County, Virginia Shiloh, Pulaski County, Virginia Shiloh, Southampton County, Virginia Shiloh, Stafford County, Virginia Shiloh, Wythe County, Virginia...

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Spotsylvania

Spotsylvania is the name of two places in the U. S. state of Virginia: Spotsylvania County, Virginia Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia...

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Lunenburg County

Lunenburg County, Virginia Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia...

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Mechanicsville, Virginia

Mechanicsville is the name of four places in the State of Virginia in the United States of America: Mechanicsville, Hanover County, Virginia Mechanicsville, Loudoun County, Virginia Mechanicsville, Rockbridge County, Virginia Mechanicsville, Rockingham County, Virginia...

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Pine Grove, West Virginia

Pine Grove, West Virginia may refer to multiple places: Pine Grove, Fayette County, West Virginia Pine Grove, Marion County, West Virginia Pine Grove, Pleasants County, West Virginia Pine Grove, Wetzel County, West Virginia...

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Belle Haven, Virginia

Belle Haven is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Virginia: Belle Haven, Accomack County, Virginia Belle Haven, Fairfax County, Virginia...

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Henry, Virginia

Henry is the name of two places in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States of America: Henry, Franklin County, Virginia Henry, Sussex County, Virginia...

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Rose Hill, Virginia

Rose Hill is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Virginia: Rose Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia...

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