Part 22 (1/2)

1621. Formal grant of free government by a written charter.

A Council of State and a General a.s.sembly established--the model of every subsequent provincial form of government.

1622. Ma.s.sacre of settlers by Indians under Opechancanough.

1624. Fall of the London Company.

Virginia becomes a royal province.

1644. Second Indian Ma.s.sacre. Opechancanough captured and killed.

1652-60. Virginia under the Commonwealth.

1660. Called the ”Old Dominion.”

Navigation Acts put into operation by British Government.

1673. Grant to Lords Culpeper and Arlington of immense estates by Charles II.

1676. Bacon's Rebellion. 1693. William and Mary College chartered.

Postal System adopted.

1698. The seat of government removed to Williamsburg.

1699. The Huguenots settle in Virginia.

1700. First Commencement of William and Mary College.

1732. Scotch-Irish and Germans settle in the Shenandoah Valley.

George Was.h.i.+ngton born February 22.

1733. Founding of Richmond at the Falls of the James.

1736. First Virginia Newspaper--”The Virginia Gazette.”

Norfolk incorporated.

1737. Richmond laid out by Col. William Byrd.

1742. Richmond incorporated.

1743. Thomas Jefferson born April 2.

1754. The French and Indian War begun. Battle of Great Meadows.

French defeated by Colonists under George Was.h.i.+ngton.

1755. Braddock defeated in his attack on Fort Duquesne.