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Map of the eight Shires of Virginia Colony. The eight Shires of Virginia were formed in 1634 in the Virginia Colony.These shires were based on a form of local government used in England at the time, and were redesignated as counties a few years later. [1]
Holme's 1682 map of the city plan for Center City Philadelphia Holme's map of the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania, published c. 1687. Soon after his marriage, Holme enlisted in the British Army, which was then under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell, where he attained the rank of captain. It may have been in the army that he gained some ...
Martin's Hundred was one of the subsidiary "particular" plantations of the joint-stock Virginia Company of London. It was owned by a group of investors known as The Society of Martin's Hundred, named for Richard Martin, recorder of the City of London, [1] (not to be confused with his near-contemporary Richard Martin who was the father of Jamestown councilor John Martin). [2]
A 1584 map of the east coast from ... The British renamed the colony of New Amsterdam to "York City" or "New York". ... Indians and free blacks were politically ...
Charters can bestow certain rights on a town, city, university, or other institution. Colonial charters were approved when the king gave a grant of exclusive powers for the governance of land to proprietors or a settlement company. The charters defined the relationship of the colony to the mother country as free from involvement from the Crown.
Historic Jamestown is the cultural heritage site that was the location of the 1607 James Fort and the later 17th-century town of Jamestown in America. It is located on Jamestown Island, on the James River at Jamestown, Virginia, and operated as a partnership between Preservation Virginia (formerly known as the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities) and the U.S. National Park ...
The Colony voted to become an incorporated city in January 1977 [17] [18] and became a Home Rule City in 1979. [19] Residents of The Colony participated in two polls to select a name for the new city. Both polls chose the name "The Colony" and the name was ratified by the City Council in May 1977. [20] In 1987, The Colony voted to merge with ...