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The first American colony and birthplace of the tobacco industry, Virginia’s early history is emblematic of the United States as a whole. People first arrived in the region about five hundred years ago and farming began there around 900 AD. The first towns were founded by the Algonquian tribes in the Tidewater around 1500 AD: in 1570 these groups consolidated under the leadership of Chief Powhatan, in response to the threat posed by the Siouan and the Iroquois. Everything seemed to be secure.

In 1583, Queen Elizabeth I granted Francis Raleigh a charter to explore and plant a colony north of Florida, which had been claimed by the Spanish. He landed on the Virginian coast in 1584 and named it after the Queen. In 1607, Jamestown was established. The early years of the colony were undeniably tough: many settlers starved to death in 1609 after the loss of a flagship carrying crucial supplies. The headright system, which offered settlers land for each servant they transported, was initiated in 1618. African workers were first imported in 1619 and slavery was codified in 1661; both contributed untold wealth to the burgeoning plantation colony. Colonists appropriated land from Native Americans by treaty where possible and by force where treaties did not work.

The Independence movement was propelled forward by Virginians, foremost among them George Washington. In 1788 the Old Dominion became the tenth state to join the union: shortly afterwards, its most prominent son became the first President of the United States of America.

Washington was the only prominent, slaveholding Founding Father who succeeded in emancipating his slaves. He did not them in his lifetime, however, but included a provision in his will to free his slaves upon the death of his wife. The issue continued to be deeply divisive within Virginian society: in 1831 Nat Turner’s slave rebellion killed more than sixty white people and freed all the slaves at the estates the rebels visited before they were defeated by an enormous white militia. In the aftermath, the Virginia General Assembly passed laws making it illegal for free blacks, slaves or mulattoes to learn to read or write; further bills restricted black religious meetings, which became lawful only in the presence of a white minister. Slave labour was used increasingly in mining and industry as well as agriculture: by 1860 thirty-one percent of the population was enslaved. The state seceded in 1861 to join the Confederacy; shortly afterwards, forty-eight counties in the northwest formed the new state of West Virginia.

Although Virginia was formally readmitted to the Union in 1870, when it adopted a constitution guaranteeing political and educational rights, the rise of the conservative Democratic Party saw the creation of Jim Crow laws that disenfranchised African-Americans and paved the way for segregation. In the 1950s black Virginians led the civil rights protests, contributing decisively to the Brown v/ Board of Education case that illegalised school segregation. However, Senator Harry Byrd fought back to such effect that the school board refused to fund any desegregated schools until forced to do so by the US Supreme Court.

Richmond, capital of the Confederacy, was largely destroyed in the Civil War. However, it has some excellent museums that make it a good starting point for a tour of the state. The Historic Triangle, east of the city, holds the richest collection of colonial-era sites in the US, among them Colonial Williamsburg, a detailed replica of the colonial capital; Jamestown – both the original settlement and the recreation; and Yorktown, setting of the final major battle of the Civil War. An hour west, the lush Shenandoah National Park, with its deep ravines, dark forests and gushing waterfalls, offers spectacular views. The north is known as Hunting Country, due to the plethora of upper class Virginians who enjoy the pursuit: here, you can see Mount Vernon, George Washington’s plantation home.

This magnificent state epitomises everything that is best and worst about America. From its earliest days it produced some of the most illustrious Americans and it continues to do so: Warren Beatty, Charlie Byrd, Shirley Maclaine and Tom Wolfe all grew up here. The sheer diversity of talent is proof that it is impossible to understand the States until you have been to Virginia.

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