Early Settlers

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During this early period Virginia’s population grew with the introduction of settlers and servants into the burgeoning plantation economy. Land from the Native Americans was appropriated by force and treaty, including the Treaty of 1677, which made the signatory tribes tributary states. In 1619 the House of Burgesses was established as the colony’s elected governance, and African servants were first introduced, with slavery being codified in 1661.

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Virginia, united states of america, early settlers, colonial people, original 13 thirteen colony colonies

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Housing, 1607-1762 Colonial America, Places in Virginia

Source

Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 10) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)

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