Henricus

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Henricus was an early 17th-century English colonial settlement in Virginia, established as one of the first permanent towns in North America.

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Henricus canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English colonial settlement ⓘ
former populated place ⓘ
historic town site ⓘ
abandonedInCentury 17th century ⓘ
associatedWith early tobacco cultivation in Virginia ⓘ
relations between English colonists and Powhatan peoples ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
currentSite Dutch Gap area of Chesterfield County, Virginia ⓘ
Henricus Historical Park ⓘ
defensiveFeature palisaded fortifications ⓘ
destroyedInEvent Indian Massacre of 1622 ⓘ
economyBasedOn subsistence agriculture ⓘ
tobacco cultivation ⓘ
era Colonial America ⓘ
Stuart period in England ⓘ
establishedAs one of the first permanent English towns in North America ⓘ
establishedInPeriod early 17th century ⓘ
foundedBy Sir Thomas Dale ⓘ
Virginia Company of London ⓘ
governedUnder charter of the Virginia Company of London ⓘ
hadFunction administrative center ⓘ
agricultural settlement ⓘ
defensive outpost ⓘ
educational center for Native Americans ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
heritageDesignation archaeological and historical site ⓘ
influenced later development of Henrico County ⓘ
languageOfAdministration English ⓘ
locatedIn Henrico County, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Henrico County

Virginia Colony ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia
locatedNear present-day Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
locatedOnRiver James River ⓘ
namedAfter Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales ⓘ
Prince Henry, son of King James I ⓘ
namedForDynasty House of Stuart ⓘ
nearbyIndigenousGroup Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples
partOf English colonization of North America ⓘ
Virginia Company of London colony ⓘ
plannedInstitutions college for the education of Native American youth ⓘ
precededBy Jamestown, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Jamestown
relativeToJamestown intended as a replacement or alternative capital to Jamestown ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Church of England ⓘ
significance among the earliest English municipal experiments in North America ⓘ
early example of planned English town in Virginia ⓘ
toponymicLegacy Henrico County name origin ⓘ
transportRoute James River waterway ⓘ
linked to: James River

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