* Tri-Cities, Virginia, consisting of Petersburg, Colonial Heights, and Hopewell in the Greater Richmond Region

* Colonial Heights, Virginia-east

Henrico's first boundaries incorporated an area from which 10 Virginia counties were later formed in whole or in part, as well as the independent cities of Richmond, Charlottesville, and Colonial Heights.

Colonial Heights is an independent city in Virginia, United States.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the City of Colonial Heights ( along with the City of Petersburg ) with Dinwiddie County for statistical purposes.

Like much of eastern Virginia, the site of Colonial Heights was located within the Algonquian-speaking confederation known as Tenakomakah, ruled by Chief Powhatan, when the English colonists arrived at Jamestown on May 14, 1607.

Captain John Smith's early map of Virginia testifies that the present area of Colonial Heights included the principal town of the Appamattuck subtribe, led by their weroance, Coquonasum, and his sister, Oppussoquionuske.

The area including present-day Colonial Heights was made a part of " Henrico Cittie ", one of 4 huge " incorporations " formed in the Virginia Colony in 1619 by the London Company.

English colonists first settled in the Colonial Heights area in 1620.

That same year, by order of King Charles I of England, the Virginia Colony was divided into the 8 original shires of Virginia by the House of Burgesses, one of which was Henrico County, which included the future land of Colonial Heights.

The manor house built by Richard Kennon ( later known as the " Brick House ") is now thought to be the oldest permanent structure in Colonial Heights.

The area which became Colonial Heights was to remain in Chesterfield County for almost 200 more years, until 1948.

The name " Colonial Heights " results from an incident during the American Revolutionary War.

The area thereafter came to be known as " Colonial Heights ", and the name was given to a subdivision of the Oak Hill tract in 1906.

In 1926, Colonial Heights became an incorporated town in Chesterfield County.

From 1960 to 1970, Colonial Heights experienced a period of rapid growth as the population jumped from 9, 587 to 15, 097.

wind speeds 207-260 mph ) passed through Colonial Heights.

wind speeds 86-110 mph ) produced a near two mile ( 3 km ) long, though discontinuous, path through Colonial Heights.

The tornado first touched down near the Colonial Heights Middle School football field, damaging the field clubhouse roof, then causing roof damage and spill onto I-95 from Medallion Pool business.

Colonial Heights is also home of the Largest Arbys restaurant in the world.

The City of Colonial Heights acquired the house in 1959, first for the Chamber of Commerce, then as Colonial Heights first public library.

Colonial Heights is located at ( 37. 262257 ,-77. 402728 ).

No matter what style your home is, ranch, two-story, Colonial or contemporary, central air conditioning is easily installed.

Today's trend toward furniture designs from America's past is teaching home-owners and decorators a renewed respect for the shrewd cabinetmakers of our Colonial era.

Being a monarchical state, with its roots invested in Colonial England, black letter law is that which is a term used to describe basic principles of law that are accepted by the majority of judges in most provinces and territories.

Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.

Incorporated as " Trustees of Dartmouth College ," it is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.

Named for William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth — an important supporter of Eleazar Wheelock's earlier efforts but who, in fact, opposed creation of the College and never donated to it — Dartmouth is the nation's ninth oldest college and the last institution of higher learning established under Colonial rule.

The Battle of Eureka Stockade ( by which the rebellion is popularly known ) was fought between miners and the Colonial forces of Australia on 3 December 1854 at Eureka Lead and named for the stockade structure erected by miners during the conflict.

Thus, the responsibility for its administration is transferred from the War Office to the new Colonial Office.

Once part of the French Colonial Empire, the Louisiana Territory stretched from present-day Mobile Bay to just north of the present-day Canadian border, and included a small part of what is now southwestern Canada.

Colonial Mexican poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz also mentions " Lucrecia " in her poem Redondillas, a commentary on prostitution and who is to blame.

It is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.

It is also one of the Colonial Colleges.

* Van Diemen's Land is mentioned in the Irish and Australian folk song " The Wild Colonial Boy ".

France The total includes 1, 186, 000 killed or missing in action and died of wounds The figure for total military dead of 1, 397, 800 is from a study published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 1931 The total includes 71, 100 French Colonial Forces, 4, 600 foreign nationals, and 28, 600 war-related military deaths occurring from 11 / 11 / 18 to 6 / 1 / 1919 The UK War Office in 1922 estimated French losses as 1, 385, 300 dead and missing, including 58, 000 colonial soldiers The U. S. War Department in 1924 estimated 1, 357, 800 killed and died The names of the soldiers who died for France during World War I are listed on-line by the French government.

* October 21 – The word " Liberty " is first displayed on a flag raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts, in defiance of British rule in Colonial America.

On June 17, two months into the colonial siege of Boston, at the Battle of Bunker Hill, just north of Boston, British forces are victorious, but only after suffering severe casualties and after Colonial forces run out of ammunition, Fort Ticonderoga is taken by American forces in New York Colony's northern frontier, and American forces unsuccessfully invade Canada, with an attack on Montreal defeated by British forces on November 13 and an attack on Quebec repulsed December 31.

* In the Hainish Cycle, while interaction with cultures is rather free, the Planet of Exile mentions the Law of Cultural Embargo, which states: No Religion or Congruence shall be disseminated, no technique or theory shall be taught, no cultural set or pattern shall be exported, nor shall para-verbal speech be used with any non-Communicant high-intelligence lifeform, or any Colonial Planet, until it be judged by the Area Council with the consent or the Plenum that such a planet be ready for Control or for Membership

He is most famous for alerting Colonial militia of approaching British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord, as dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, " Paul Revere's Ride.

In Dover's historical district is the Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art, featuring collections from the Colonial days to the present.

The Boston University Terriers compete in the NCAA's Division I. BU athletic teams compete in the America East, Hockey East, and Colonial Athletic Association conferences, and their mascot is Rhett the Boston Terrier.

Near the end of the novel, Copperfield discovers in an Australian newspaper that Mell has emigrated and is now Doctor Mell of Colonial Salem-House Grammar School, Port Middlebay.

The Boston Post Road entered what is now Westchester County on Kingsbridge Road, and turned north on Third Avenue-Columbus Avenue ( Route 22 ), forking off onto Colonial Place.

Colonial homes line the city streets to this day, in various states of disrepair and renovation ; the historical center of Mérida is currently undergoing a minor renaissance as more and more people are moving into the old buildings and reviving their former glory.