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2. British colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia

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   Colonization efforts began in the late 16th century with failed attempts by England to establish permanent colonies in the North. The first of the permanent English colonies in the Americas was established in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. Approximately 30,000 Algonquian peoples lived in the region at the time. Colonies were established in North ...

3. Virginia Civil Procedure - Wikipedia

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   Virginia civil procedure is the body of law that sets out the rules and standards that Virginia courts follow when adjudicating civil lawsuits (as opposed to procedures in criminal law matters). Professor W. Hamilton Bryson is the preeminent master and legal scholar on Virginia Civil Procedure. Many commentators particularly equate him with the ...

4. Northwest Ordinance - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio and also known as the Ordinance of 1787 ), enacted July 13, 1787, was an organic act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States. It created the Northwest Territory, the new nation's first ...

5. Moses Austin - Wikipedia

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   Moses Austin. Moses Austin (October 4, 1761 – June 10, 1821) was an American businessman and pioneer who played a large part in the development of the lead industry in the early United States, especially in southwest Virginia and Missouri. He was the father of Stephen F. Austin, one of the earliest American settlers of Texas, which was at the ...

6. Rose Agnes Rolls Cousins - Wikipedia

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   While attending college at West Virginia State College, the school introduced a Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP) in 1939. The school was one of only six historically Black secondary education institutions in the nation to establish one of these programs, which were federally funded. Rose Rolls was the only woman to join.

7. History of Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   Etymology and nickname. The etymology of "Kentucky" or "Kentucke" is uncertain. One suggestion is that it is derived from an Iroquois name meaning "land of tomorrow". According to Native America: A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia, "Various authors have offered a number of opinions concerning the word's meaning: the Iroquois word kentake meaning 'meadow land', the Wyandotte (or perhaps ...