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Virginia Dare
Virginia Dare was the first person of English descent born in North America. It's likely she was born 18 August 1587, shortly after a settlement colony had been established on Roanoke Island. Dare…rustication
(Encyclopedia) rusticationrusticationrŭstĭkāˈshən [key], in building construction, method of creating textures upon masonry wall surfaces, chiefly upon those of stone, by projecting the blocks beyond…Spotswood, Alexander
(Encyclopedia) Spotswood, Alexander, 1676–1740, colonial governor of Virginia, b. Tangier, Morocco. Appointed in 1710, he was officially lieutenant governor under the nominal governorship of George…Sewall, Samuel
(Encyclopedia) Sewall, SamuelSewall, Samuelsy&oomacr;ˈəl [key], 1652–1730, American colonial jurist, b. England. He was taken as a child to Newbury, Mass., and was graduated from Harvard in 1671…Quantico
(Encyclopedia) Quantico, town, (2000 pop. 561), Prince William Co., NE Va., on the Potomac River, 29 mi (47 km) SSW of Washington, D.C.; inc. 1927, reinc. 1934. It is now the site of the FBI training…Bailyn, Bernard
(Encyclopedia) Bailyn, BernardBailyn, Bernardbāˈlĭn [key], 1922–2020, U.S. historian, b. Hartford, Conn. After receiving his Ph.D. from Harvard (1953), he taught U.S. colonial history there, becoming…Argall, Sir Samuel
(Encyclopedia) Argall, Sir SamuelArgall, Sir Samuelärˈgəl [key], d. 1626?, English ship captain, prominent in the early settlement of Virginia. He commanded a ship sent to Jamestown in 1609 and had…Laurens, Henry
(Encyclopedia) Laurens, HenryLaurens, Henrylôrˈənz, lärˈ– [key], 1724–92, political leader in the American Revolution, b. Charleston, S.C. A wealthy merchant and planter, he was, in the years…Le Duc Tho
(Encyclopedia) Le Duc ThoLe Duc Tholā d&oomacr;c tō [key], pseud. of Phan Dinh KhaiLe Duc Thofän dĭn kī [key], 1911–90, Vietnamese political leader. A Vietnamese nationalist and one of the…Lexington and Concord, battles of
(Encyclopedia) Lexington and Concord, battles of, opening engagements of the American Revolution, Apr. 19, 1775. After the passage (1774) of the Intolerable Acts by the British Parliament, unrest in…Trending
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