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Welcome to the only authentic palace you can visit in the United
States. Fashioned after the Versailles Palace in France, it was
self-sufficient with wheelwrights, wainwrights, blacksmith, stables,
and a French Chef. The main entrance above shows an
intimidating display of weaponry and the governor's gunsmith lived
next door. The bright colors of the blue ballroom and green
drawing room served two purposes. The color reflected light
adding to nighttime illumination and the expense of the paint
showed off the wealth of the empire.
States. Fashioned after the Versailles Palace in France, it was
self-sufficient with wheelwrights, wainwrights, blacksmith, stables,
and a French Chef. The main entrance above shows an
intimidating display of weaponry and the governor's gunsmith lived
next door. The bright colors of the blue ballroom and green
drawing room served two purposes. The color reflected light
adding to nighttime illumination and the expense of the paint
showed off the wealth of the empire.
Williamsburg was not the site of the first capital of Virginia. It
had been moved from Jamestown, the first permanent
English settlement, shortly after the founding of the College
of William and Mary, which still remains a part of Oxford
University. In 1775, the Royal Governor fled due to his
increasing unpopularity after he proclaimed
African-Americans to be free if they joined the British Army.
He had also dissolved the Virginia House of Burgesses
(see next page). As national independence approached,
Thomas Jefferson moved the capital to Richmond in the
same year, where the Virginia capital remains to this day.
had been moved from Jamestown, the first permanent
English settlement, shortly after the founding of the College
of William and Mary, which still remains a part of Oxford
University. In 1775, the Royal Governor fled due to his
increasing unpopularity after he proclaimed
African-Americans to be free if they joined the British Army.
He had also dissolved the Virginia House of Burgesses
(see next page). As national independence approached,
Thomas Jefferson moved the capital to Richmond in the
same year, where the Virginia capital remains to this day.