Virginia City

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• Mining on the Comstock Lode

  • The Comstock Lode was the first major U.S. discovery of silver ore, located in what is now Virginia City, Nevada in 1857.
  • The Comstock Lode was the first major U.S. discovery of silver ore, located in what is now Virginia City, Nevada, on the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range.

• Gabriel's Rebellion

  • Gabriel's Rebellion was a planned slave revolt in Virginia in 1800 that was quelled before it could begin.
  • In 1800, nearly 40 percent of the total population of Virginia were slaves, concentrated on plantations in the Tidewater area and west of Richmond.
  • In addition to the large numbers of enslaved African Americans, the increasing number of freed slaves in Virginia made the region ripe for rebellion.
  • On August 30, 1800, Prosser intended to lead slaves into Richmond, set fire to the city, and capture the governor, James Monroe.
  • Prosser had strategically planned the rebellion by using the relatively lax rules regarding the movement of slaves between plantations and the city: Many slaves were hired out as contracted hands, and others traveled to and from the city on errands for their masters.

• Settling the Southern Colonies

  • The Southern Colonies, including Maryland, the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia were established during the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • At the time, they consisted of South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, and Georgia; their historical names were the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, the Province of Carolina, and the Province of Georgia.
  • The Colony of Virginia existed briefly during the 16th century and then continuously from 1607 until the American Revolution.
  • The name "Virginia" was first applied by Sir Walter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth I in 1584, when Raleigh established a colony on the island of Roanoke off the coast of Virginia.
  • The cities of Baltimore in Maryland and Richmond in Virginia served as major seaports for the colonies in their trade with Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean.

• The Consumer Revolution

  • Other colonies, such as Virginia, were primarily founded as business ventures.
  • Some necessities and virtually all luxuries were imported to the few small cities and the larger plantations of South Carolina and Virginia; in return, raw materials such as for tobacco, rice, and indigo were exported.
  • By the 18th century, regional patterns of development had become clear; the New England colonies relied on shipbuilding and sailing to generate wealth while plantations (many using slave labor) in Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas grew tobacco , rice, and indigo.

• Settling the Colonial South and the Chesapeake

  • The cities of Baltimore and Richmond served as major seaports for the colonies in their trade with Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean.
  • Homann drew this map in response to Virginia Lieutenant-Governor Alexander Spotswood's plan to settled the little known interior of Virginia with German immigrants.
  • From Long Island, about two-thirds of which is shown, south to Craven County, Carolina, countless towns and cities are identified.
  • New York City is mapped on the southern tip of Manhattan Island, but is not specifically labeled.
  • The early Virginia counties of Rappahannock, Henrico, City, Isle of Wright, Nansemond, Northumberland, Middlesex, Gloster and Corotvk are noted.

• The Battle of Fredericksburg

  • McClellan into action, he issued orders to replace McClellan in command of the Army of the Potomac in Virginia.
  • The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E.
  • Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General Ambrose Burnside.
  • When the Union Army was finally able to build its bridges and cross under fire, urban combat began, and a battle raged in the city December 11–12.
  • Union troops prepared to assault Confederate defensive positions south of the city and on a strongly fortified ridge just west of the city known as "Marye's Heights."

• Early Opposition to Slavery

  • He warned Virginia Governor James Monroe, who called out the state militia.
  • In Virginia in 1800, 39.2% of the total population were slaves, concentrated on plantations in the Tidewater area and west of Richmond.
  • By that time, Virginia's free blacks numbered 30,466, or 7.2% of the total black population.
  • Some Virginia slaveholders were nervous about the sharp increase in the number of free blacks in the slave state.
  • Gabriel had been able to plan the rebellion because of relatively lax rules of movement for slaves between plantations and the city, as so many slaves had been hired out, and others traveled to and from the city on errands for their masters.

• Grant's Pursuit of Lee

  • Grant's Overland Campaign was a series of battles fought in Virginia during May and June 1864.
  • Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
  • President Lincoln had long advocated this strategy for his generals, recognizing that the city would certainly fall after the loss of its principal defensive army.
  • After Lee learned that Grant had crossed the James, he realized that he would be forced into a siege of the capital city.
  • It inflicted proportionately higher losses on Lee's army and maneuvered it into a siege at Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, in just over eight weeks.

• The Plantation Economy and the Planter Class

  • The wealth and influence of the so-called "tuckahoe" Virginia settlers depended on tobacco.
  • Over the years, tobacco became important to Virginia's economy, even acting as currency at times.
  • In the year 1758, Virginia exported 70,000 hogsheads of tobacco.
  • Many of the wealthy and influential men in Colonial Virginia were tobacco plantation owners.
  • Common or smaller planters in the late 18th and 19th century had more modest wood frame buildings, such as Southall Plantation in Charles City County.

• The Ratification Debate

  • More populous states, such as Virginia, New York, and Massachusetts, would be critical to this process.
  • The process of organizing the government began soon after Virginia and New York's ratification.
  • The Continental Congress–which still functioned at irregular intervals–passed a resolution on September 13, 1788, to promulgate the new Constitution and set New York City as the seat of the new government.
  • These included Virginia's elector, the Anti-Federalist Patrick Henry.
  • Patrick Henry, from Virginia, was an American Revolutionary War hero and prominent Anti-Federalist.