Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an American state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is the 12th-most populous state in the U.S. with over residents, and the 35th-largest in area. It is named after Queen Elizabeth I of England, who, never having married, was known as the 'Virgin Queen'. The state is also known as the "The Old Dominion" as King Charles II of England gave it the position of 'royal dominion' along with England, Scotland, and Ireland, and was the oldest of his settlements in America. It is sometimes known as the "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of the most U.S. presidents, and occasionally as the 'Mother of States and Statesmen' due to the number of states originating from its territory and the number of statesmen having been born in Virginia. The roots of modern Virginia trace back to the founding of the Virginia Colony in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London. Agriculture, colonialism and slavery played significant... full article at wikipedia