Project Gutenberg 2009-10-19 Public domain in the USA. 62 Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson 1879 1966 Wertenbaker, Thomas J. 59011229 Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 Reading ease score: 65.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Mark C. Orton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Virginia Under the Stuarts 1607-1688" by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book examines the colonial history of Virginia during the Stuart period, highlighting significant events and challenges faced by the settlers, particularly focusing on political structures and conflicts like Bacon's Rebellion. Wertenbaker utilizes extensive historical documents to support his analysis, aiming to elucidate the complexities of governance and societal issues in early Virginia. The opening of the work details the author’s meticulous research process, including his visits to the British Public Record Office in London where he gathered historical documents related to Virginia’s colonial history. Wertenbaker reflects on the profound difficulties the early settlers encountered, such as governmental discord, Indian hostilities, famine, and disease. He sets the stage for a detailed exploration of governance evolution, economic struggles, and social challenges, particularly leading up to Bacon’s Rebellion, emphasizing the intricate dynamics between leadership and the governed, and the underlying grievances that drove the colonists to revolt. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 F206 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - British 1025830 1025801 2024-10-13T04:50:53.056999 2023-09-13T09:41:18.083432 text/html text/html 1011922 2009-10-19T09:09:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 381471 2009-10-19T09:09:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 488898 2024-10-13T04:51:13.927428 application/epub+zip 500979 2024-10-13T04:50:58.853015 application/epub+zip 369925 2024-10-13T04:50:56.358008 application/epub+zip 914318 2024-10-13T04:51:23.630407 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 844319 2024-10-13T04:51:11.895982 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 707292 2022-09-14T05:28:21.241282 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 642106 642021 2024-10-13T04:50:49.540053 2023-09-13T09:41:14.943488 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 642007 2009-10-19T09:09:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 233413 2009-10-19T09:09:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 642000 2009-10-19T09:09:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 233345 2009-10-19T09:09:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21305 2024-10-13T04:51:23.799347 application/rdf+xml 17299 2024-10-13T04:50:57.135986 image/jpeg 3947 2024-10-13T04:50:56.749020 image/jpeg 471231 2024-10-13T04:50:53.131069 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia