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| {{Youmay|the state|the person [[Virginia (1868)|Virginia]]}}
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| |name = Commonwealth of Virginia
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| |image = Flag of Virginia.png
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| |state = United States of America
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| |rulers = [[British Empire]] (1607–1776)<br>[[United States]] (1776–1861; 1865–current)<br>[[Confederate States]] (1861–1865)
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| |factions = [[Templars]]<br>[[Assassins]]<br>[[British Army]]<br>[[Continental Army]]<br>[[Sons of Liberty]]<br>[[Iroquois]]<br>[[Piracy|Pirates]]
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| |date = June 25, 1788 (10th)
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| '''Virginia''', officially the '''Commonwealth of Virginia''', is a state in the South Atlantic region of the [[United States]], bordered by [[Maryland]], {{Wiki|Kentucky}}, {{Wiki|West Virginia}}, and [[North Carolina]]. It was one of the thirteen colonies that claimed independence from [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]].
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| The [[Virginian Plantation]] was a common sight: [[George Washington]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[Charles Lee]] and [[Haytham Kenway]] owned plantations in the colony.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]''</ref>
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| ==History==
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| [[John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore|Lord Dunmore]], governed Virginia before the Revolution. At the start of the war, Dunmore issued a decree promising freedom to any [[Slavery|slaves]] belonging to the [[Patriots]] who would escape and enlist in the [[British Army]]. [[George Davidson]] was among the slaves who joined Lord Dunmore's {{Wiki|Ethiopian Regiment}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref> The Templars tried to kill Dunmore but [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]] sent his [[Assassin apprentices|apprentices]] to intercept the assassin before they could complete their mission. Later, they protected the governor during the {{Wiki|burning of Norfolk}} in January 1776, and he left the colony by the end of the year.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>
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| In 1781, the British Army under [[Charles Cornwallis]]' command came to Virginia following an extended campaign in the southern colonies. The [[Colonial Assassins]] supported the [[Continental Army]] during the {{Wiki|Battle of Blandford|Battles of Petersburg}}, {{Wiki|Battle of Spencer's Ordinary|Spencer's Ordinary}} and {{Wiki|Battle of Green Spring|Green Spring}}, though the outcomes were generally in favor of the British. Cornwallis then camped his forces in {{Wiki|Yorktown, Virginia|Yorktown}} on [[Chesapeake Bay]], which he enforced against a ground attack, and awaited supplies from the [[Royal Navy]] in [[New York City]].<ref name="AC3" />
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| [[François-Joseph Paul de Grasse|Admiral de Grasse]] of the [[French Navy]] sailed to Chesapeake Bay, and held it against the Royal Navy with the aid of the ''[[Aquila]]'', forcing the British fleet to abandon Virginia. The Continental and [[French Army|French]] armies marched on Yorktown and laid siege. Connor's apprentices infiltrated Yorktown and sabotaged the fortifications, allowing the Franco-American Alliance to place their [[cannons]] in a suitable position, thereby forcing Cornwallis to surrender. The British defeat at the [[Siege of Yorktown]] forced them to negotiate an end to the war.<ref name="AC3" /> In the meantime, Washington recovered an [[Apple of Eden 3|Apple of Eden]].<ref>''[[The Tyranny of King Washington: The Redemption]]''</ref>
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| In 1865, [[John Wilkes Booth]] fled to Virginia after assassinating President [[Abraham Lincoln]], and was killed by the Assassins in retribution.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' - [[Glyphs]]</ref>
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| ==Reference==
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| [[Category:Virginia]]
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| [[Category:Former British colonies]]
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| [[Category:States of the United States]]
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