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  2. History of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. 1789 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    History of the United States (1789–1849) ... signatory of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Virginia in 1781 (born 1738) ... "1789". Timeline.

  4. Timeline of the history of the United States (1790–1819)

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    This section of the timeline of United States history concerns events from 1790 to 1819. ... Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions ... (1789–1849) Timeline of the ...

  5. List of U.S. states and territories by historical population

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    This is a list of U.S. states and territories by historical population, as enumerated every decade by the United States Census.As required by the United States Constitution, a census has been conducted every 10 years since 1790.

  6. History of the United States (1789–1815) - Wikipedia

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    A History of the United States: Federalists and Republicans, 1789-1815. University Press of America. ISBN 9780819189158. Collier, Christopher. Building a new nation : the Federalist era, 1789-1803 (1999) for middle schools; Finkelman, Paul, ed. (2001). Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century. ISBN 9780684804989.

  7. Timeline of Richmond, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Great Indian Warpath had a branch that led from present-day Lynchburg to present-day Richmond.; By 1607, Chief Powhatan had inherited the so known as the chiefdom of about 4–6 tribes, with its base at the Fall Line near present-day Richmond and with political domain over much of eastern Tidewater Virginia, an area known to the Powhatans as "Tsenacommacah."

  8. History of the United States (1776–1789) - Wikipedia

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    The history of the United States from 1776 to 1789 was marked by the nation's transition from the American Revolutionary War to the establishment of a novel constitutional order. As a result of the American Revolution , the thirteen British colonies emerged as a newly independent nation, the United States of America , between 1776 and 1789.

  9. 1788–89 United States presidential election in Virginia

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    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 ...