The California Gold Rush of 1848-1849
He new Emperor Thedosius needed gold and silver to raise another army. The pagan temples had a lot of gold and silver. So he declared the Edict of Thessalonika in 380 A.D. which made Nicaean Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire in both West and East. Jews were exempted.
<span>In 1624, the Virginia Company's charter was revoked by King James I and the Virginia Colony was transferred to royal authority as a crown colony. From 1619 to 1776, the legislature of the Virginia was the House of Burgesses, which governed in conjunction with a colonial governor.</span>
