What were the greatest accomplishments of the Virginia Dynasty?

Question

What were the greatest accomplishments of the Virginia Dynasty?

Answer 1

I think that see is referring to some of the first presidents of the United States. Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe were all from the state of Virginia. From Virginia all or parts of eight other states were formed from western territory once claimed by Virginia. Virginia is the "Mother of the South". Virginia-born, George Washington, defeated the British in the Revolutionary War and became the first president of the U.S. Our third president, Thomas Jefferson had many accomplishments. Among them he doubled the size of the U.S. by acquiring the lands of the Louisiana Purchase" He is responsible for the "Lewis and Clark Expedition". President Madison did much of the work involved in this. President Monroe is responsible for the "Monroe Doctrine". These are only a few of the accomplishments of our early Virginia presidents.

Answer 2

he Tudor dynasty came to an end when Elizabeth I died in 1603. The crown of England then passed to the Stuart line of Scotland (see Stuart). The new king was called James VI in Scotland and James I in England. The two countries, having the same ruler, were now bound together in a personal union, but for another century they had separate parliaments.

James boldly announced that he would rule as an absolute monarch, responsible to God alone. This view of monarchy was called the divine right of kings. It was generally accepted on the continent of Europe, but it ran counter to the nature of the English people. Parliament resisted James at every point. By insisting that all people conform to the Church of England, he won the enmity of the Puritans and the Catholics. A small band of Catholic extremists, including Guy Fawkes, formed the Gunpowder Plot to blow up king and parliament together (see Fawkes).

James allowed the navy to decay and suppressed privateering. Yet it was in his reign that colonial expansion began and the British Empire was born. The colony of Jamestown, Virginia, was started in 1607. In 1620 the Pilgrims landed on the rocky shore of New England. Other colonists swiftly followed. Some went to escape religious persecution and some to find free land. They spread English civilization into the wilderness. (See also America, Discovery and Colonization of.)

Under Charles I, who ruled 1625–49, active colonization continued. Charles was glad to have the troublesome Puritans leave England. Great wealth flowed into London from American tobacco, the African slave traffic, and the silks and spices of India.