Talk:Virginia

Virginia (The 3rd Republic, 1899-1911)

• 1899: Louis Sumter becomes the 1st President of the Third Virginian Republic, mainly supported by Men of Valor (business leaders that opposed Protector Washington.
• 1899: President Sumter pardons many former Washington supporters, including his grandson Henry who returns from exile.
• 1901: The Grave Brothers (Robert and Thomas Grave) begin a petition for social reform across the nation.
• 1901: The Centralist Party is created in opposition to the Valorist and promises moderate reforms.
• 1902: Mercy Hills (Martha Churchill) begins a ministry for poor relief and women's voting rights
• 1903: Luke Highland of the Valorist Party wins the Presidential Election
• 1903: Robert Grave is executed in prison and Thomas Grave is killed fighting in the Carson Corral
• 1905: Mercy Hills is killed along with six other activists during a raid on their hotel room.
• 1907: President Luke Highland of the Valorist Party wins a second term
• 1910: Elijah IV becomes Patriarch of the Prohibitionists. Prohibitionist Church is 3% of the population.
• 1911: Reverend Jonathan Woods announces he is running for the presidency
• 1911: Political protest in support of Woods turn to riots against the republic.
• 1911: President Highland assumes Emergency Powers and has Reverend Woods arrested for treason and cancels the 1911 election
• 1911: The Lieutenants (junior officers in the Virginian Army) execute a coup and remove Highland from power.
• 1911; The Lieutenant Constitution is rejected by Woods and others
• 1911: Woods is almost assassinated while giving a speech in Cooper.

Virginian Civil War (1911-1914)

• 1911: General Richard Rolfe assumes command over the Republic of Virginia and disavows the Lieutenants.
• 1911: The First Battle of Williamsburg-The Republic of Virginia is forced to evacuate to Mildenhall as the Lieutenants repulse their attack.
• 1911: The Horsemen, led by Woods, are established in Hopewell as a defense force against the Republic of Virginia and Lieutenants.
• 1911: William Black, a friend of the Grave Brothers, creates the Martyrs in Loganville.
• 1911: Henry Washington raises an army and promises to bring back peace like during the Protectorate.
• 1911: The Battle of Somerton- The Martyrs are defeated by the Washingtonites and their territory split.
• 1911: Elijah IV gives his Abomination Speech and Prohibitionists take up arms against the government in Pickering
• 1911: The First Battle of Stafford- Daniel Jones leads the Horsemen to victory against the Lieutenants. First act of aggression by the Horsemen against the orders of Woods.
• 1911: The American Christian Association declare their support for the "Black Forces".
• 1912: The Peace of Martinsburg: The Green Forces (ROV, Washingtonites, and Lieutenants) agree to a ceasefire between them to oppose the Black Forces.
• 1912: Daniel Jones and the Plebian Prayer Warriors split off from the Horsemen. Jones believed that Woods was unfit for command and did not support a radical revolution of Virginian society.
• 1912: Mutinous sailors with workers establish the Tidewater Shipbuilders
• 1912: Christian Communards establish the St. Paul Commune
• 1912: Drafts in Conroy result in an uprising by the urban poor.
• 1912: Hank Gest declares Amerikaener neutrality in the conflict, but begins to receive aid from New Netherlands.
• 1912: Bombing during a Zoekerist service in Freetown. Persecution of Zoerkerist by Black Virginians increases.
• 1913: Woods is killed during the Battle of Mildenhall
• 1913: Joshua I takes Pennsborough where thousands of civilians are killed

Prohibitionist Virginia (1914-1934)

• 1911: The State of Virginia is founded with Elijah IV as Patriarch of the People. Prohibitionist Church is 9% of the population.
• 1930: Elijah IV dies. Is replaced by Elijah V. Prohibitionist Church is 17% of the population.

Exile Government (1934-1935)

• 1934: General Edward Anderson lands on the Virginian Peninsula during the Yorktown Landings
• 1934: Elijah V is ousted by the Conservatives after fleeing from OCJ
• 1934: Joshua II refuses the commands of the Conservatives and surrenders to Anderson
• 1934: Titan Trials begin with Elijah V and 5 other high ranking members of the Prohibitionist Church found guilty and sentenced to death.
• 1934: Elijah VI becomes Patriarch of the Prohibitionists. Prohibitionist Church is 6% of the population.

Virginia (The 4th Republic, 1935-)

• August 1935: Constitution adopted, the 4th government of Virginia is established.
• 1935: Beginning of the New Reconstruction and Segregation
• 1935: Prime Minister Rodger Taylor and the Civic Union Party take power.