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    The economy of the Commonwealth of Virginia is well balanced with diverse sources of income. From the Hampton Roads area to Richmond and down to Lee County...
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    The economy of West Virginia nominally would be the 62nd largest economy globally behind Iraq and ahead of Croatia according to 2009 World Bank projections...
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  • The Virginia Clean Economy Act (HB 1526 and SB 851) was signed into law by Governor Ralph Northam in 2020. The bill establishes a renewable energy portfolio...
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    area The economy of the Washington metropolitan area includes the economy of Washington, D.C., and its suburbs, including parts of Maryland, all of Northern...
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    (1861–1865). Southern Unionists in western Virginia created the separate state of West Virginia in 1863. Virginia's economy was devastated during the Civil War...
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  • Virginia School of political economy is a school of economic thought originating at the Thomas Jefferson Center for Studies in Political Economy of the...
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    while the economy in Northern Virginia is driven by technology companies and U.S. federal government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Defense...
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    Virginia has the sixth highest per capita income of any state in the United States of America, at $23,975 (2000). Its personal per capita income is $33...
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  • The Virginia Lottery is an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It was created in 1987 when Virginians voted in a statewide referendum...
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    West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north and east...
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    The pound was the currency of Virginia until 1793. Initially, sterling coin circulated along with foreign currencies, supplemented from 1755 by local...
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  • A plantation economy is an economy based on agricultural mass production, usually of a few commodity crops, grown on large farms worked by laborers or...
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    of Utah Economy of Vermont Economy of Virginia Economy of Washington, D.C. Economy of Washington (state) Economy of West Virginia Economy of Wisconsin...
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  • that of the region as a whole. The waterways which almost completely surround the Hampton Roads region also play an important part in the local economy. As...
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    an independent city in Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 15,425. Located on the Virginia Peninsula, Williamsburg...
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    Virginia is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States, on the Mesabi Iron Range. With an economy heavily reliant on large-scale iron ore mining...
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  • gold mining in Virginia was concentrated in the Virginia Gold-Pyrite belt in a line that runs northeast to southwest through the counties of Fairfax, Prince...
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    and the opening of Tysons Corner Center spurred the rise of Tysons, Virginia. The technology boom and a steady government-driven economy created rapid growth...
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    of Virginia. Historically, the region has been and remains a rural area, but in the 20th century, coal mining became an important part of its economy...
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    Dulles Technology Corridor (category Economy of Virginia)
    companies, located in Northern Virginia near Washington Dulles International Airport. The area was called "The Silicon Valley of the East" by Atlantic magazine...
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    The economy of Venezuela is based primarily on petroleum, as the country holds the largest crude oil supply in the world. Venezuela was historically among...
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  • other. The Virginia Clean Economy Act of 2020 directs the construction of 16,100 MW of solar power and onshore wind and up to 5,200 MW of offshore wind...
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    of the 1660 councillors." The ties among Virginia families were based on marriage. In a pre-Revolutionary War economy dependent on the production of tobacco...
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    The governor of West Virginia is the head of government of West Virginia and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a...
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  • for most of the town's economy. Virginia is surrounded by some of the largest gold fields in Free State, and its economy is dominated by mining, gold-extraction...
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    John Rolfe (category Rolfe family of Virginia)
    for export. He played a crucial role in the Virginia Colony's early economy by introducing a sweeter strain of tobacco from Trinidad, which became a profitable...
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    Tobacco in the American colonies (category Colonization history of the United States)
    essential component of the American colonial economy. It was distinct from rice, wheat, cotton and other cash crops in terms of agricultural demands...
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    $100 million annually to the economy of western North Carolina and over $80 million to the economy of West Virginia. Important heritage tourism attractions...
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    Hinton is a city in and the county seat of Summers County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,266 at the 2020 census. Hinton was established...
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  • Colonial South and the Chesapeake (category Colony of Virginia)
    economy of Virginia due to similar environmental set up and immigrant ethnicity, South Carolina developed differently because of the large influx of immigrants...
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