Drawing on documents he hunted down in London’s Public Record Office, a young Princeton historian traces Virginia from the founding of Jamestown through the first representative assembly, the expulsion of Governor Harvey, Berkeley’s rule under the Commonwealth, and the grievances that erupted in Bacon’s Rebellion. The narrative closes with the troubled years leading up to 1688.
A foundational study of the colony’s political life, still useful for students of early American government. Download the free EPUB.