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Virginia under the Stuarts: 1607-1688: History of the Colonial Virginia Series

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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