preserve judicial power,169-171;for large land grants,178;negative role in Revolution,242County courts:undemocratic,21;Governor's power over,22;duties of,31;Governor appoints,78;taxation by,78;Bacon's Laws,92Coventry, Attorney General: issuesquo warrantoagainst Company,12Cromwell, Oliver:neglects Virginia,70;death,72Cromwell, Richard:Lord Protector,72;resigns,72Culpeper, Lord Thomas:despotism under,18;limits franchise,27;grant to,82;Governor,102;Cavalier,109;delays sailing,109;brings peace,110;forces act for "perpetual revenue,"110-112;returns to England,112;robs soldiers,113;hangs rioters,113;Effingham succeeds,113Curtis, Edmund:commissioner to Virginia,64;negotiates surrender,65Dale, Sir Thomas:Governor,6;brings harsh laws,6;cruelty of,7Dawson, Commissary William:meets Dinwiddie,194;denounces Two-penny Act,212Day of Prayer: June 1, 1774,238,239Debts:due merchants,189;appeals to Privy Council,189,190De la Warr, Lord:Governor,5,6;ill,6;leaves Virginia,6;humane,7;sails with Magna Carta,8;death,8Democracy:New World favorable for,3;yeomen build up,3;Quary warns of,35;gains under Commonwealth,75;Glorious Revolution,122;small slave holders for,185Dennis, Captain Robert:heads commission to Virginia,64;lost on theJohn,64Digges, Cole:election thrown out,166,167;named to new court,170;Indian Company,171Digges, Edward: Governor,71Dinwiddie, Robert:Lieutenant Governor,194;career,195;backs Assembly,195;pistole fee,196-200;calls Virginians republicans,198,199;cautioned by King,199,200;horrors of Indian war,201;warns British,201;sends Washington to the Ohio,201;asks funds,201;vetoes bill with rider,202;wants Parliament to tax,202,204;expends funds,206;resigns,206;sounds alarm bell,207;suggests union of colonies,208Drummond, Sarah: property confiscated,104Drummond, William:hates Berkeley,80;influences Bacon,84;Bacon consults,88;burns own house,94;Berkeley's brutality to,95Drysdale, Hugh:popular,18;Lieutenant Governor,175,176;arrives, 1722,177;character,177;opposes huge land grants,178;upholds House,178,179;death,179Dunbar, Colonel: retreat of,203Dunmore, Earl of:Governor,236;conduct in New York,236;treaty with Indians,243;seizes powder,244;threatened,245;suggests "compromise,"246,247;on theFowey,248;escapes capture,249;asks troops,249;controls water,250;in Elizabeth River,250;seizes press,250;seizes Norfolk,250,251;evacuates Norfolk,251;threatens bombardment,251,252;at Gwynn's Island,252;leaves Virginia,253;says Virginia wants independence,253Dunmore, Lady:ball in honor of,239;flees Williamsburg,245,247Duquesne, Fort:Forbes to attack,209;French evacuate,210Durand, William: persecuted for dissent,62Dutch:trade to Virginia,68,69;trade protected,69;wars with,81Effingham, Lord Howard:despotism of,18,118;Governor,113;character,113;ends appeals to Assembly,114;uses patronage for political ends,118;favors Roman Catholics,119;leaves Virginia,120Elections:Nicholson interferes in,138;foul play at,172Embargo:opposed in England,59;enforced in 1650,63English, William:denounces Harvey,44,45;arrested,45;released,47Fauquier, Francis:Lieutenant Governor,209;erudite,209;tact,210;reprimanded,211,213;upholds Two-penny Act,212;London criticises,213;denounces Camm,214;thinks Henry extreme,227;protects Mercer,228;death,231Fees:Bacon's Laws fix,92;bill to limit vetoed,167;pistole controversy,196-200First Stuart Despotism: influence on colonies,3Fithian, Philip: sees drilling in Valley,244Forbes, General:to attack Fort Duquesne,209;takes fort,210Fouace, Rev. Stephen:Nicholson jealous of,143;flees Virginia,144;testifies against Nicholson,148Fowey: powder taken to,244Franchise:changes in,26;under Commonwealth,70;all freemen have in June, 1676,88;Bacon's Laws widen,91;Spotswood tries to restrict,166;act to limit,181French and Indian War:horrors of,201;Washington warns French,201;Braddock's defeat,203;raids in Valley,205;influence on Revolution,207,208Gates, Sir Thomas:Governor,6;brings cruel laws,6General Assembly:Magna Carta authorizes,8;under Constitution of 1621,9;meets, 1619,9,10;acts of in 1619,10;right to tax,10;Charles I ignores,13;meets unofficially,14;Charles I summons,15;oppose reviving Company,17;powers of grow,34,35;accuses Harvey,47;reapportions taxes,56;gift to Berkeley,57;permits free trade,59;recognizes Charles II,62;surrenders to Parliament,66;ousts Governor and Council,71;elects Berkeley Governor,73;powers of,74;proclaim Charles II, 1660,74;Berkeley corrupts,77;Long Assembly,77,78;protest grant,82;ask charter,85;Bacon demands election,87,88;in 1677 picked by Berkeley,99,100;bill of attainder,100;protest seizure of records,103;Charles II assails,108,109;King to initiate bills,108;no appeals to,109,113,114;"perpetual revenue" to King,110-112;attempt to repeal revenue act of 1680,156;Quary on,156,157;Queen Anne vetoes revenue act,157;Jenings dissolves,159;bill of ports,162-165;Queen's death dissolves,164;Spotswood angers,164;bills to limit Governor's power,167;use of rider by,167,168;thwart Spotswood,172;protest debt ruling,189;gift to Dinwiddie,195,196;war an opportunity for,201;vote £10,000,201;expenditure of funds,201,202;vote £20,000 with rider,202;support war,203;ask paper money issue,203,204;aid to Royal American Regiment,205;Governor spends funds,206;right of to govern,216;last sessions,248General Committee of Safety: ablest men on,249General Court:court of appeals,113,114;Nicholson's violence in,139;Nicholson packs juries,139,140;on Burgesses' salary,166Glorious Revolution:3,119-121;effect on liberty,122;effect on Virginia,122,123,132Godspeed: sails for Virginia,1Gooch, William:says frontiersmen disobedient,3;character,177;Lieutenant Governor,179;popular,179;courtesy of,179,180;praised by Burgesses,180;voted gifts,180;new bill of ports,180,181,191,192;for limiting franchise,181,182;for westward expansion,182;resists merchants,186;for duty on liquors,187;denounces merchants,190;A Dialogue,191;leads expedition,192;wounded,192;resigns,192;dies, 1749,193;peace and plenty,193Gosnold, Bartholomew:member of Council,4;dies,4,5Governor:office established,5;King appoints,18;vary greatly,18;qualities of,18;powers of,19;bribe Burgesses,19;nominate Councillors,20;use of patronage,19-21;calls Assembly,21;veto,22;hold over courts,22;heads Church,22,23;Council restricts,25,171;Burgesses elect under Commonwealth,70;many military officers,194Great Bridge:Dunmore fortifies,250;battle of,251Green Spring:plundered,98;faction meets at,101,102Green Spring faction:Lady Berkeley heads,101;to recover losses,102;suppress King's pardon,102;pillaging by,104,105Grenville, George: wants consolidated empire,224Grievances:against Harvey,47;against Berkeley,77;against law of ports,165Grymes, John:Deputy Auditor,162;conceited,171;hates Spotswood,172,173Gwynn's Island: Dunmore at,252Habeas Corpus:settlers claim,2;denied by Effingham,118Hamilton, Lord George:Earl of Orkney,159;Governor General,159;career of,159;patron of Spotswood,160Hansford, Thomas: executed patriot,95Harrison, Benjamin:Nicholson abuses,22;Blair defends,22;criticizes Secretary's office,33;Councillor,133,140;land holdings,135;charges against Nicholson,147,148Harrison, Nathaniel: proposes reconciliation,175Harrison, Rev. Thomas:Puritan minister,60;banished,61Hartwell, Henry: on Governor's patronage,20,21Harvey, Sir John:egocentric,18;expelled,35;Governor,37;arrives,38;despotic,39;misuse of courts,39,40;persecutes Pott,39,40;conflict with Council,41-47;appeals to King,41,42;strikes Stevens,42;aids Baltimore,43;urges tobacco contract,44;detains petition,44;people's grievances against,44;arrests Pott, English, and Martian,45;appeals to Council,45;Council arrest,46;leaves for England,47;reappointed,48;returns to Virginia,48,49;revenge of,49,50;restores Mathews' property,50;prosecutes Panton,51,52;recalled,51;prosecuted,51,52;escapes from Virginia,52;significance of expulsion,52,53Harwood, Thomas:agent of Assembly,47;hastens to London,48Henry, Patrick:Two-penny Act,215;denounces clergy,215,216;says people must govern,216;resolutions of,226,227;accused of treason,227;alarm bell of Revolution,229;committee of correspondence,237;marches on Williamsburg,245;convention of 1776,255Hill, Col. Edward:Green Spring faction,101;defies King,104;Treasurer,129Holt, John: his press seized,250Hopkins, William:contempt of House,179;forced to apologize,179Howe, Col.:at Norfolk,251;hints at burning,251Hunter, Col. Robert:Governor,158;French capture,158Independence:not wanted,253;forced by British,253,254;Common Sense,254;sentiment for grows,254,255;Virginia instructs for,255,256;people celebrate,256Indiana Company:fort at Christanna,171;King dissolves,171;ask compensation,171Indians:attack Jamestown,4;massacre by,57,58;war with Susquehannocks,85;frontier forts,86;threaten Charles City,86;attack feared in 1689,120,121;raids in Valley,204,205;Dunmore's War,242,243;Point Pleasant,243Intolerable Acts:238James I:on kingly power,2,3;conflict with Parliament,3;charter to Virginia Company,4;assails London Company,11;