Acadians: ejected,204Allerton, Isaac:bribed with seat in Council,20,119;refuses oath of allegiance,126Amherst, General Jeffrey: replaces Loudoun,210Andros, Sir Edmund:Governor,127;despotic in New England,127;mild in Virginia,129;quarrels with Blair,131;suspends Blair from Council,131;resigns,132Appomatox Indians: hostile,86Argall, Samuel:Governor,6;cruelty of,7Aristocracy:effect of slavery on,152,153;libraries,153;mansions,153;intermarriages,153;dominate General Court,153,154Armistead, Col. John:Councillor, 119;refuses oath of allegiance,126Association:to boycott British goods,239;successful,240,241Attainder: bill of in1677,29Auditor:duties of,33;William Byrd,34;Philip Ludwell,34Bacon, Nathaniel:early life of,84;quarrels with Berkeley,84;knew Lawrence and Drummond,84;his overseer murdered,86;frontiersmen make leader,87;denounces Berkeley,87;defeats Occaneechees,87;elected Burgess,88;captured,88;submits,88,89;reappointed Councillor,89;blames Assembly,90;escapes,90;takes Jamestown,90;made general,90;pleads with Burgesses,91;master of Virginia,92;conversation with Goode,92,93;at Middle Plantation,92;plans of,93;captures Jamestown,93,94;burns Jamestown,94;secret burial of,94;people mourn,94Bacon, Nathaniel, Sr.: ousted from Council,71Bacon's Laws:aimed at Berkeley,91;credit due Bacon,91;a victory for democracy,91,92Ballard, Thomas: expelled from Council,20Baltimore, Lord:visits Virginia,38;refuses oath,38;Harvey aids,43;settles Maryland,43;recognizes Commonwealth,69Barré, Col. Isaac: denounces Stamp Act,225,226Bennett, Richard:favors Parliament,58;sent to get Puritan ministers,60;commissioner for Parliament,64;Governor,67;Cromwell continues,70Berkeley, Lady Frances:marriage,76;insults Jeffreys,100,101;heads faction,101,102Berkeley, Lord John: brother of Sir William,80Berkeley, Sir William:limits franchise,27;appointed Governor,54;early life,54;arrives,55;popular,55,56;favors jury trial,56;gift of houses to,57;salary,57;fights for King,57;defeats Indians,58;expels Puritan preachers,61;prosecutes Puritans,62;proclaims Charles II,62;defies Parliament,63;to resist Parliamentary forces,65,66;surrenders,66;under Commonwealth,68;elected Governor,73;reappointed by Charles II,75;dictatorial,76;greed,76;marriage,75;distrusts self-government,76;use of patronage,77;corrupts Assembly,77;the Long Assembly,77,78;accused by Charles City,77,78;grants of land,78,79;people hate,78;favorites of,79;asks free trade,80;denounces Navigation Acts,80,81;makes Bacon Councillor,84;despotism of,84;sends force against Indians,86;Indian policy,86;people in arms,87;calls an election,88;captures Bacon,88;forces Bacon's submission,88,89;overawes Burgesses,89;submits to Bacon,90,91;starts civil war,92;flees to Eastern Shore,92;executes patriots,95,96,99;illegal seizures,98;quarrels with Jeffreys,98,99;ordered to England,99;picks Burgesses,99,100;sails,101;death,101Berry, Sir John: committee on Bacon's Rebellion,92Beverley, Peter: court of oyer and terminer,170Beverley, Robert:Green Spring faction,101,102;Assembly minutes seized from,103;testifies against Nicholson,148Bill of Ports:Burgesses reject,128;Spotswood secures,162-165;patronage from,163,164;Gooch secures,191,192Blair, Archibald: hates Spotswood,172,173Blair, Rev. James:defends Harrison,22;founds college,31;Commissary,130;church reform plans,130,131;Quarrel with Andros,131;Andros ousts from Council,131;restored,131;ousts Andros,132;for Nicholson,133;Nicholson angers,136;accuses Nicholson,147,148;called King maker,149;called hypocrite,171;visits England,175;to be "Prime Minister,"175,176Blair, John:meets Dinwiddie,194;calls Assembly,209;prepares expedition,209,210Bland, Gyles: executed,99Bland, Col. Richard:defends Two-penny Act,214;for self-government,216;to submit to Stamp Act,226;General Committee of Safety,249;convention of 1776,255Botetourt, Lord:Governor General,232;welcomed,232;popular,232;warns British government,233;promises repeal of Townshend Acts,234,235;death,235Braddock, General: defeat of,203Braxton, Carter: predicts independence,255Buck, Rev.: Minister at Jamestown,5Buckner, John: sets up press,117Burgesses, House of:bribed by Governors,19,20;represent people,25;privileges,26;franchise,26;wages,27,28;county pays,28;Speaker,28;committees,29;guards elections,29;as a court,29;control of taxation,29-31;act of 1680,30;rule under Commonwealth,67,68;elect Governor,70;Berkeley corrupts,77;end of Long Assembly,87,88;Bacon's victory in,88;Bacon's Laws,91,92;pro-Berkeley in1677,99;protest appeals to England,114;James II scorns petition,114;protest fees,115;sole right to tax,115;dispute King's authority,115,116;reject royal bills,127;rile Edward Randolph,128;refuse aid to New York,128;£500 for New York,128,129;name Treasurer,128,129;Nicholson wheedles,138;Spotswood bribes,163,164;new election,164;oppose Spotswood,165;Spotswood rebuffs,165,166;judges elections,166;strike at Governors' power,167;Spotswood denounces,168;deride Spotswood,171;charges against Spotswood,173;praise Drysdale,177,178;contempt of punished,179;praise Gooch,180;growth of,182;salaries,183;power of grows,184;aristocrats in,184;praise Gooch,193;protest pistole fee,197;fee called arbitrary taxation,197;appeal to King,198;audacity of,204;eject Acadian exiles,204;vote £60,000,205;emit treasury notes,205;reply to Fauquier,219;declaration of rights,220;protest Stamp Act,224,225;Henry's resolutions,226;Botetourt opens,1768,233;reassert sole right to tax,233;meet unofficially,233,234;Botetourt promises repeal,235;call convention,239;take lead in Revolution,242;many in uniform,246;last session,248Burke, Edmund: on "Conciliation,"241Burwell, Lewis:land holdings,135;Nicholson threatens,143Burwell, Lucy:Nicholson in love with,142-145;returns gifts,144,145Butler, Nathaniel: his "Unmasking of Virginia,"11Butts, Thomas:refuses to certify grievances,165;House asks arrest,165,166Byrd, William I:auditor,34;makes rent roll,135;respect due to,152Byrd, William II: Receiver General,168;Spotswood ousts,169;opposes new court,170;Spotswood denounces,171;agent for Burgesses,173Byrd, William III:221Camm, Rev. John:takes clergy protest to King,213;sues for salary,214;Fauquier denounces,214;case thrown out,216;supports Dunmore,242Capitol:plan,146;burns,182;rebuilt,183;soldiers lodge in,248;convention of 1776,255Carter, Landon: defends Two-penny Act,214Carter, Robert:Speaker of House,28;Treasurer,130;influence of,140;charges against Nicholson,147,148;haughty,171;President, 1726,179;slaves of,184Carter, Robert, of Nomini Hall:refuses tea,238;not a "courtier,"242Charles City County:grievances of,32;accuse Berkeley,77;grievances neglected,78;illegal voting in,100Charles I:will not restore Company,13;calls Assembly,15;offers to buy tobacco crop,15;needs money,16;illegal taxes,36;tobacco contract,44;executed,62Charles II:Berkeley proclaims,63;restoration,73;proclaimed in 1660,74;reappoints Berkeley,75;Arlington-Culpeper grant,82;on causes of Bacon's Rebellion,97;sends troops,97;angered at Assembly,103;gold from Louis XIV,107;despotism in Virginia,108-113;prohibits printing,117Charter:granted Virginia Company,4,5;sought by Virginians,17,18;Assembly asks,83;again asked, 1689,123;to confirm Assembly,123,124Cheeseman, Major: Berkeley's brutality to,95Chicheley, Sir Henry:leads force against Indians,86;Deputy Governor,106;rules impartially,106Civil War in England:influence on colonies,3;affects Virginia,36Claiborne, William:agent against Baltimore,38;settlement on Kent Island,43;battle with Marylanders,43;commissioner for Parliament,64;negotiates for peace,65,66;Secretary,67Clergy:thank Spotswood,163;Two-penny Act,211;protest,211,212;address to King,212Cocke, William: in Indian Company,171Cole, William: election of thrown out,166,167Committees of Correspondence:236,237,239Committees of Safety: take over courts,248Commons, House of:opposes James I,3;in Civil War,36Commonwealth:Virginia surrenders to,66;Virginia constitution under,66,67;rule of,70;anarchy,73;influence of on Virginia,75Constitution of State of Virginia: drawn up,257Continental Congress:proposed,236,237,239;delegates to,240;Declaration of Rights,240;makes Washington commander,245Convention, Provincial:in 1774,240;at Richmond,1775,243;Henry's address,243,244;prepare for war,244;take over government,248,249;in 1776,255;instruct for independence,255,256Conway, Edwin: baits Spotswood,165Corbin, Gawin: baits Spotswood,165,172Corbin, Richard:protests paper money,219;complains to Board of Trade,219;pays for powder,245Council of Virginia:powers of,4;quarrels of,4,5;under constitution of 1621,21;patronage of,21;powers of,23-25;as cabinet,23;as Upper House,23,24;as supreme court,24;prestige of,24,25;Virginia House of Lords,25;conflict with Harvey,41-47;arrest Harvey,46;Burgesses oust,71;power of from England,72;dissolve Assembly, 1659,72;lose fat jobs,134;Nicholson abuses,140,141;six accuse Nicholson,147-150;represent aristocracy,151,152;titles of,152;respect for,152;Nott defers to,154,155;appeal for peace,155;Burgesses back,155;a threat to Liberty,159;land holdings of,162;