N'afọ 1619, Virginia General Assembly ka dị ka ụlọ omebe iwu kacha ochie na Western Hemisphere. Na 2008, ụlọ ọrụ Pew Center on the States họpụtara gọọmentị na A- n'ihe gbasara arụmọrụ ya, ịdị irè ya, na akụrụngwa ya, jikọtara ya na Utah na Washington. Nke a bụ oge nke abụọ na-esote na Virginia natara ọkwa kachasị elu na mba ahụ. Kemgbe 1971, gọọmentị arụ ọrụ n'okpuru Iwu nke asaa nke Virginia, nke na-enye ụlọ omebe iwu siri ike na usoro ikpe ziri ezi.
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