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Virginia is designates its self as a "Commonwealth "the Commonwealth of Virginia"
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'''Virginia''' (formally the Commonwealth of Virginia) is one of the fifty [[United States]]. Named in honor of the "virgin queen" of [[England]], [[Queen Elizabeth I]], Virginia was also nicknamed the ''Old Dominion'' by King Charles II because it remained loyal to the crown during the [[English Civil War]] and throughout [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s years. Virginia was one of the first colonies in [[Colonial America]] in the 1600s and was a leader in the American Revolution.
'''Commonwealth of Virginia''' is one of the fifty [[United States]]. Named in honor of the "virgin queen" of [[England]], [[Queen Elizabeth I]], Virginia was also nicknamed the ''Old Dominion'' by King Charles II because it remained loyal to the crown during the [[English Civil War]] and throughout [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s years. Virginia was one of the first colonies in [[Colonial America]] in the 1600s and was a leader in the American Revolution.
==Politics==
==Politics==