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Boat Buyer Cruise Our most popular sailboat charter lets you exhale and relax as you feel the wind in your hair. Grab the wheel to become a member of the crew. Take in the thrill of moving with the wind without a care in the world. Take a sailing vacation, navigating the York River across years of history that links Yorktown with Williamsburg and beyond to the Chesapeake Bay.

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Colonial years In , the Governor of the Virginia Colony , Sir George Yeardley incorporated four jurisdictions, termed citties, for the developed portion of the colony. These formed the basis for colonial representative government in the newly minted House of Burgesses. What would become Norfolk was put under the Elizabeth Cittie incorporation. In King Charles I reorganized the colony into a system of shires.

After persuading people to settle in the colony, Adam Thoroughgood who had immigrated to Virginia in from King’s Lynn , Norfolk , England was granted a large land holding, through the head rights system, along the Lynnhaven River in When the South Hampton Roads portion of the shire was separated, Thoroughgood suggested the name of his birthplace for the newly formed New Norfolk County. One year later, it was split into two counties, Upper Norfolk and Lower Norfolk the latter is incorporated within present-day City of Norfolk , chiefly on Thoroughgood’s recommendation.

Norfolk was incorporated in In , a tobacco inspection site was located here. It was an important port for exporting goods to the British Isles and beyond. In part because of its merchants’ numerous trading ties with other parts of the British Empire, Norfolk served as a strong base of Loyalist support during the early part of the American Revolution. After fleeing the colonial capital of Williamsburg , Lord Dunmore , the Royal Governor of Virginia, tried to reestablish control of the colony from Norfolk.

Dunmore secured small victories at Norfolk but was forced into exile by the American rebels, commanded by Colonel Woodford. His departure brought an end to more than years of British colonial rule in Virginia.