Gov. William Berkeley and the House of Burgesses in Jamestown responded to the settlers’ concerns by approving a plan to ...

A report from Forbes that “at least 100 billionaires” were supporting either the former President Donald Trump or Vice ...

The Peyton Randolph House has become a “hotspot for paranormal activity caused by the many souls who died tragically within the walls of this historic home,” according to the late L. B. Taylor Jr.’s ...

In the early days of voting in America, bribery, drunken brawls and parades accompanied elections as a public holiday. All of ...

That, of course, was not to be. Like his fellow Virginians in the House of Burgesses, Washington became increasingly disillusioned with George III and his colonial minions. At this time British ...

1607: First permanent English colony in North America was established in Jamestowne. 1661: Virginia's House of Burgesses established the lifelong servitude of Africans. 1790: Virginia's slave ...

Shortly after his election to the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1758, he again resigned from the military. On January 6, 1759, Washington married the widow Martha Dandridge, gaining a loyal ...

When running for the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1758, Washington spent his own money on gallons of liquor, wine and beer to capture the support of his neighbors for his campaign.

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On Sunday, Oct. 20, Sanford United Methodist Church welcomed the community to celebrate its 140th anniversary. There was an ...

Born into Virginia’s wealthiest and most powerful families, he served as speaker of the House of Burgesses, president of two Virginia conventions and president of the First Continental Congress.

He was running for the Virginia House of Burgesses, the nation’s first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies, according to History.com. He won the election ...