Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 deals with the first eight decades of the colony of Virginia from the arrival of three little vessels—the Sarah Constant, the Discovery and the Goodspeed— under Captain Christopher Newport until the Glorious Revolution in England. This book covers in detail organization of the British rule as well as the formation of the new Virginian aristocracy.
Contents
The Founding of Virginia
The Establishment of Representative Government
The Expulsion of Sir John Harvey
Governor Berkeley and the Commonwealth
The Causes of Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion
The Period of Confusion
The Critical Period
