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An 1851 portrait of Patrick Henry's speech on the Virginia Resolves. The history of Virginia in the American Revolution begins with the role the Colony of Virginia played in early dissent against the British government and culminates with the defeat of General Cornwallis by the allied forces at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781, an event that signaled the effective military end to the conflict.
The 1788–89 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on January 7, 1789, as part of the 1788–1789 United States presidential election to elect the first President. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. However, one elector did not vote and another ...
United States Constitution (beginning from March 4): President: George Washington (no political party-Virginia) (starting April 30) Vice President: John Adams (no political party-Massachusetts) (starting April 21) Chief Justice: John Jay (starting October 19) Speaker of the House of Representatives: Frederick Muhlenberg (starting April 1)
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), by Capt. John Smith, one of the first histories of Virginia. The written history of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 16th century, when it was occupied chiefly by Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan peoples.
July 31, 1789: Regulation of the Collection of Duties on Tonnage and Merchandise, ch.5, 1 Stat. 29, which established the United States Customs Service and its ports of entry. August 7, 1789: Department of War was established, ch. 7, 1 Stat. 49. September 2, 1789: United States Department of the Treasury was established, ch. 12, 1 Stat. 65
Presidential elections were first held in the United States from December 15, 1788 to January 7, 1789, under the new Constitution ratified in 1788. George Washington was unanimously elected for the first of his two terms as president and John Adams became the first vice president.
The first election for Virginia's 5th congressional district took place on February 2, 1789, for a two-year term to commence on March 4 of that year. In a race that turned on the candidates' positions on the need for amendments (the Bill of Rights) to the recently ratified U.S. Constitution, James Madison defeated James Monroe for a place in the House of Representatives of the First Congress.