Chapter VII: The Kingdom of Virginia

A retrospect 223 Tidewater Virginia 224 A receding frontier 224, 225 The plantations 225 Boroughs and burgesses 226 Boroughs and hundreds 227, 228 Houses, slaves, indentured servants, and Indians 229 Virginia agriculture in the time of Charles I 230 Increasing cultivation of tobacco 231 Literature; how George Sandys entreated the Muses with success 232 Provisions for higher education 233 Project for a university in the city of Henricus cut short by the Indian massacre 234 Puritans and liberal churchmen 235 How the Company of Massachusetts Bay learned a lesson from the fate of its predecessor, the London Company for Virginia 236,237 Death of James I 238 Effect upon Virginia of the downfall of the Company 238-240 The virus of liberty 240 How Charles I. came to recognize the assembly of Virginia 241-243 Some account of the first American legislature 243, 244 How Edward Sharpless had part of one ear cut off 245 The case of Captain John Martin 245 How the assembly provided for the education of Indians 246 And for the punishment of drunkards 246 [Pg xix] And against extravagance in dress 246 How flirting was threatened with the whipping-post 247 And scandalous gossip with the pillory 247 How the minister's salary was assured him 247 How he was warned against too much drinking and card-playing 248 Penalties for Sabbath-breaking 248 Inn-keepers forbidden to adulterate liquors or to charge too much per gallon or glass 249 A statute against forestalling 249, 250 How Charles I. called the new colony "Our kingdom of Virginia" 251 How the convivial governor Dr. Pott was tried for stealing cattle, but pardoned for the sake of his medical services 253 Growth of Virginia from 1624 to 1642 253, 254