Tsenacommacahvignette|Carte de John Smith de la baie de Chesapeake et de ses affluents. La carte situe l'emplacement de nombreux villages appartenant au Tsenacommacah (vers 1612). Tsenacommacah (« terre densément peuplée ») est le nom donné à leur territoire par les Indiens powhatans, tels que Pocahontas. Son père Wahunsunacock gouvernait sur toutes les tribus qui se trouvaient sur le Tsenacomacah. Ce territoire, situé autour de la baie de Chesapeake, était composé de territoires faisant partie aujourd'hui du Sud-Est de la Virginie, du Nord-Est de la Caroline du Nord et de l'Eastern Shore de Virginie.
HenricusThe "Citie of Henricus"—also known as Henricopolis, Henrico Town or Henrico—was a settlement in Virginia founded by Sir Thomas Dale in 1611 as an alternative to the swampy and dangerous area around the original English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. It was named for Henry, Prince of Wales (1594–1612), the eldest son of King James I. The site of Henricus is located on a neck of land called Farrar's Island, which later became part of the Shire of Henrico (1634) and was renamed Henrico County in 1637.
Péninsule de VirginieThe Virginia Peninsula is a peninsula in southeast Virginia, bounded by the York River, James River, Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay. It is sometimes known as the Lower Peninsula to distinguish it from two other peninsulas to the north, the Middle Peninsula and the Northern Neck. It is the site of historic Jamestown, founded in 1607 as the first English settlement in North America. Geographically located at the northwestern reaches, Charles City and New Kent counties are part of the Virginia Peninsula.
Rappahannock peopleThe Rappahannock are a federally recognized tribe in Virginia and one of the eleven state-recognized tribes. They are made up of descendants of several small Algonquian-speaking tribes who merged in the late 17th century. In January 2018, they were one of six Virginia tribes to gain federal recognition by passage of the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017. In 1607, the Rappahannock were the dominant tribe of the Rappahannock River valley, maintaining thirteen villages along the north and south banks of the river named after them.
CroatanThe Croatan were a small Native American ethnic group living in the coastal areas of what is now North Carolina. They might have been a branch of the larger Roanoke people or allied with them. The Croatan lived in current Dare County, an area encompassing the Alligator River, Croatan Sound, Roanoke Island, Ocracoke Island, and parts of the Outer Banks, including Hatteras Island. The Croatan people who exist today live in Cumberland, Sampson, and Harnett counties predominantly.
Commonwealth (État des États-Unis)right|thumb|upright=1.5|États américains en rouge désignés sous l'appellation « Commonwealth ». Commonwealth () est le nom officiel porté par quatre des cinquante États formant les États-Unis : le Commonwealth du Kentucky ; le Commonwealth du Massachusetts ; le Commonwealth de Pennsylvanie ; le Commonwealth de Virginie. Cette ancienne appellation anglaise signifiant la « richesse commune », insiste sur le fait que le type de gouvernement de ces États est « fondé sur le consentement de l'ensemble du peuple », c'est-à-dire un gouvernement de type « républicain », en opposition avec le statut de colonie royale.
NansemondsLes Nansemonds sont le peuple indigène de la Nansemond River, un affluent de de long de la James River, en Virginie. Les Nansemonds vivaient dans des établissements des deux côtés de la Nansemond River où ils pêchaient (le nom Nansemond signifiant en algonquien), récoltaient des huîtres, chassaient et cultivaient dans un sol fertile. Progressivement chassés de leurs terres à partir de l'époque coloniale, les Nansemonds ont peiné à maintenir leur culture. Ils se sont réorganisés à la fin du et ont obtenu la reconnaissance de l'État de Virginie en 1985.
Paramount chiefA paramount chief is the English-language designation for the highest-level political leader in a regional or local polity or country administered politically with a chief-based system. This term is used occasionally in anthropological and archaeological theory to refer to the rulers of multiple chiefdoms or the rulers of exceptionally powerful chiefdoms that have subordinated others.
Chickahominy (rivière)The Chickahominy is an river in eastern Virginia. The river, which serves as the eastern border of Charles City County, rises about northwest of Richmond and flows southeast and south to the James River. The river was named after the Chickahominy Indian tribe who lived near the river when the English colonists arrived in 1607. Chickahominy descendants live in Charles City County today. During the American Civil War (1861–65), the upper reaches of the river became a major obstacle to Union General George B.
Colonial collegesThe colonial colleges are nine institutions of higher education chartered in the Thirteen Colonies before the United States of America became a sovereign nation after the American Revolution. These nine have long been considered together, notably since the survey of their origins in the 1907 The Cambridge History of English and American Literature. Seven of the nine colonial colleges became seven of the eight Ivy League universities: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Brown, and Dartmouth.
