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Alexander Spotswood (12 December 1676 – 7 June 1740) was a British Army officer, explorer and lieutenant governor of Colonial Virginia; he is regarded as one of the most significant historical figures in British North American colonial history.
22 de dic. de 2021 · Learn about the life and achievements of Alexander Spotswood, who served as lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1722. He faced challenges from the General Assembly, the Indian trade, and the pirates, but also built ironworks, churches, and the Governor's Palace.
3 de jun. de 2024 · Alexander Spotswood was one of the first British colonial governors of North America to appreciate the economic value of the Western frontier. After service under the 1st duke of Marlborough in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14), he was appointed lieutenant governor of Virginia (1710).
Alexander Spotswood (12 de diciembre de 1676 -7 de junio de 1740) fue un oficial del ejército británico, explorador y vicegobernador de la Virginia colonial; Se le considera una de las figuras históricas más importantes de la historia colonial británica de América del Norte.
Spotswood came to know Virginians well. In their superb book, The Stamp Act Crisis, Prologue to Revolution, Edmund S. Morgan and Helen M. Morgan find Alexander Spotswood to be almost prophetic in his understanding of colonial Virginians.
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Learn about the life and achievements of Alexander Spotswood, the lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1722. See his oil painting by Charles Bridges and explore his political and economic policies.
