Editing Commonwealth of Virginia

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'''Virginia''', officially the '''Commonwealth of Virginia''', is a state in the eastern [[United States of America|United States]]. In the mid-19th century, it had 72 crimes punishable by death for slaves and only two for white men.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2011|title=Liberalism: A Counter-History|chapter=Were Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century England and America Liberal?|page=102–103|publisher=Verso|isbn=9781844676934|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=5BB3406BC2E64972831A1C00D5D4BFE4|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacebhsj2yxuoudkhkjp6lzgr5jvgyhu76zxe4gw3d65gpg32a6nded4?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20Gregory%20Elliott%20-%20Liberalism_%20A%20Counter-History-Verso%20%282011%29.pdf}}</ref>

== History ==

=== Early colonization ===
In 1585, Richard Grenville looted and burned an entire village after a native stole one silver cup.

The [[Kingdom of England (927–1707)|English]] founded the [[Settler colonialism|settlement]] of Jamestown in the [[Powhatan]] confederacy in 1607. Some settlers left to join the Powhatans in order to avoid starvation during the winter of 1610. When Chief [[Wahunsenacawh]] refused to return the runaways in the summer, settlers attacked the natives and killed 15 or 16 people. In 1622, the Powhatans counterattacked and killed hundreds of settlers.<ref name=":02">{{Citation|author=[[Howard Zinn]]|year=1980|title=A People's History of the United States|title-url=https://www.howardzinn.org/collection/peoples-history/|chapter=Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress|page=18–19|pdf=https://files.libcom.org/files/A%20People's%20History%20of%20the%20Unite%20-%20Howard%20Zinn.pdf|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=0060194480}}</ref>

== References ==
[[Category:USA states]]
[[Category:Stubs]]