my son is doing a report on virginia and needs to know this....i have no clue
2007-02-28 09:33:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Remember, back in England when they had a civil war between the cavaliers and the roundheads? The cavaliers were royalists who supported the king--Charles I, actually--and the roundheads were the Puritans. (Some of the puritans had settled Massachusetts). Well, Virginia supported the king. Charles was beheaded, Cromwell ruled England for a while, then they brought in Charles II, all that sort of stuff.
2007-02-28 10:33:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Virginia was named in 1584 in honor of Queen Elizabeth of England, who was popularly called the "Virgin Queen." The name Virginia is the feminine form of the Latin word Virginius.
Virginia is often called the Cavalier State for its early settlers who were loyal to England, and the Mother of States because it was the first to be colonized.
The predominance of the Virginia aristocracy in early United States politics and diplomacy lend Virginia the additional nicknames of the Mother of Presidents and the Mother of Statesmen.
2007-02-28 19:27:07 · answer #2 · answered by istitch2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GOOGLE IT!!
2007-02-28 18:28:00 · answer #3 · answered by i_no_the_answer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋