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Albee, Edward. 1928-. US playwright. Pulitzer-Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1962.
Bacon’s Rebellion. 1676. Virginia colonists under N.Bacon defeat Indians, take Jamestown.
Bloomsbury Group. 1907-30. Agnostic English intellectuals searching for good, true, beautiful. Forster, Woolf, Keynes, Russell, Huxley, et.al.
Expressionism. 20C Literary style expressing essence of subject by exaggerating characteristics. Sounds and symbols. Joyce. Kafka. O’Neill. Woolf. Beckman.
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. 1798. Virginia-Kentucky.
Monticello. 1770. Federalist style Virginian estate of Jefferson.
Parson’s Cause. 1755,58 Salary dispute of Anglican ministers in Virginia based on inflation of tobacco prices.
Peninsular Campaign. 1862. Failed Union attempt to take Richmond in American Civil War.
Petersburg Campaign. 1864-5. Virginia. Final action of American Civil War leading to Confederate defeat.
Raleigh, Walter. 1554-1618. English colonist in Virginia. Introduced tobacco, potato to Europe. Beheaded.
Richmond, Virginia. US Confederate capital 1861-5.
Roanoke Colony. 1587. English colony of 117 settlers in Virginia disappeared. Raleigh.
Rolfe, John. 1585-1622. English colonist in Virginia. Married Pocahontas.
Sunday School. 1580 Milan. 1780 England. 1786 Virginia. Raikes.
Thirteen Colonies. 1776. British colonies in North America which formed the United States: Virginia, Massachussets, New York, Maryland, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia.
Vernon, Mt. Washington’s Virginia home.
Virginia. Algonkian, Sioux, Iroquoia. 1587 British settle Roanoke Colony. 1607 First successful colony. 1619 Slaves brought. 1776 Independent. USA.
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions. 1798,9. States protest Alien +Sedition Acts limiting freedoms. Nullification.
Virginia Company. London. 1606-24. To colonize North America. Founded Jamestown 1607.
Virginia Declaration of Rights. 1776. Model for US Bill of Rights.
West Virginia. 1863. Region refused to secede with Virginia, forming a new state.
Wilderness Road. 1790-1840. Settlers’ route from Virginia to Kentucky.
Woolf, Virginia. 1882-1941. English psychological stream of consciousness writer. Captured transience and subtlety of thought. Bloomsbury Group. Mrs Dalloway 1925. To the Lighthouse 1927. Waves 1931.