a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War | in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution |
one of the British colonies that formed the United States, with capital Jamestown or Williamsburg | a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution |
a town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi Range | |