Williamsburgball

Williamsburgball was the colonial capital of Virginiaball. Williamsburg was established as the capital of Colony of Virginiaball in the year 1699. The original capital — which was Jamestownball — was the first permanent English-speaking settlement in the New World. Colonial leaders wrote to the Virginia Assembly to move the capital from Jamestownball to Middle Plantation five miles inland between the James and the York Rivers. The new city was retitled "Williamsburg," in honor of England's reigning monarch, King William III.
==History==
===One of The First-Planned Cities of America===
 Williamsburg was one of America's first suggested cities. It was laid out in 1699, under the supervision of Governor Francis Nicholson, it was to be "a new and well-ordered city" suitable for the capital of the largest — and most populous — of the British colonies in America. A succession of magnificent capitol buildings became home to the oldest legislative assembly in the New World. Williamsburg grew quickly into the center of political, religious, economic, and social life in Virginia.
===A Center for learning===
 Williamsburg also became a center for learning. Famous political leaders emerged from the magnificent College of William & Mary, which had been founded in 1693, such as Presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and John Tyler. The first hospital established in America for the care and treatment of mental illness was founded in Williamsburg in the year 1773. General George Washington assembled the Continental Army in Williamsburg in the year 1781 for the siege of nearby Yorktown and the winning of American independence.
===Loss and New Restoration===
The Capital of Williamsburg was later moved in 1780, this time up the James River to the imposter Richmond, where it remains today. Williamsburg was reverted to a quiet college town and rural county seat. In retrospect, Williamsburg's loss of capital city status was its salvation as many 18th-century buildings survived into the early twentieth century. 
The Restoration of Williamsburg began in 1926, after the Rector of Bruton Parish Church, the Reverend Doctor W A. R. Goodwin, brought the city's importance to the notice of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who then funded and led the massive reconstruction of the 18th-century city we see today. National attention soon focused on the restoration effort. During a landmark visit, in 1934, Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed its main thorough fare, the Duke of Gloucester Street, "the most historic avenue in America."
==Relationships==
===Friends===
* Virginiaball - I am your real capital. Take me over that Imposter!
* USAball - I'm your first capital! You better take me back as that or else…
===Enemies===
* Richmondball - YOU ARE THE FAKE CAPITAL!!! I AM THE REAL ONE!!!
==Gallery==
== How to draw ==
Drawing Williamsburgball is very simple.
#Draw a circle.
#Fill it in with blue.
#Draw the charge.
#Finish it off with a colonial hat.
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