offers compromise,12James II:scorns Burgesses' petition,114;repeals act of Assembly,115,116;revives a law,116;favors Catholics,119;deposed,120Jamestown:founded,2;first Assembly at,9;capitol at,25,26;Lord Baltimore at,38;Charles II proclaimed at,74;Bacon's Assembly,88;Berkeley occupies,93;Bacon captures,93;burnt,94;William and Mary proclaimed,121;statehouse burns, 1698,146James, Thomas:missionary to Virginia,60;driven out,61Jefferson, Thomas:friend of Fauquier,209;committee of correspondence,237;answers British "compromise,"247;prefers independence to slavery,254;on independence,254Jeffreys, Col. Herbert:ousts Councillor,20;Lieutenant Governor,97;insulted,100,101;promises reforms,101;ill,102;ousts Beverley,104;indicts Philip Ludwell,104,105;dies,105;wife imprisoned,105Jeffries, Jeffrey: agent for charter,123,124Jenings, Edmund:Councillor,126;acting Governor,157,158;career of,158;dissolves Assembly,159;suspended from Council,179TheJohn:sails to Virginia,64;sinks,65Johnson, Edward: on God's revenge on Virginia,61Johnson, Samuel: denounces Americans,223Kemp, Matthew: insulted in House,179Kemp, Richard:advises Harvey to leave,46;carries off Mathews' property,50;prosecutes Panton,50,51;Secretary,51;escapes to England,52;acting Governor,57Kendall, George:member of Council,4;expelled,4;executed,5Knowles, Rev. John:missionary to Virginia,60;driven out,61Laissez faire:177;passing of,224Land:Berkeley's grants,78,79;rent roll,135;must cultivate to hold,162;law defied,162;Drysdale opposes large grants,178;much unpatented,198Lawrence, Thomas:cheated by Berkeley,79,80;influence on Bacon,84;Bacon consults,88;burns own house,94;fate unknown,95Laws, Military:severe,6,7;cruelly enforced,7Lee, Arthur: repulsed in England,254Lee, Henry: convention of 1776,255Lee, Philip Ludwell: protests paper money,219Lee, Richard Henry:219;protests Stamp Act,224;committee of correspondence,237;Continental Congress,240;convention of 1776,255Lewis, Gen. Andrew:at Point Pleasant,243;bombards Gwynn's Island,252Liberty:taxation and,2;threatened in England,2;Glorious Revolution aids,122;new charter to guarantee,124;Nicholson assails,146,147;Council threatens,159;victory for,181;Virginians called republican,198;Bland argues for,216;Burke on,240;won,257Lightfoot, John:Nicholson upbraids,141;charges against Nicholson,147,148Littlepage, Richard:refuses to certify grievances,165;House asks arrest of,165London, Bishop of: calls Two-penny act treason,213Loudoun, Earl of:praises Burgesses,205;embargo defied,205,206;Governor,207Ludwell, Philip:auditor,34;marries Lady Berkeley,76;insults Jeffreys,100;Green Spring faction,101;indicted,104,105Ludwell, Philip, Jr.:accuses Nicholson,138;Nicholson challenges,145;auditor,168;Spotswood ousts,169;leaves new court,170;Spotswood denounces,171Ludwell, Thomas:seeks charter for Virginia,1;fears rebellion,80;reports disasters,81;agent for Virginia,82;presides over Council,104Madison, James: convention of 1776,255Magna Carta of Virginia:drawn up,8;De la Warr sails with,8;Yeardley takes to Virginia,8;Assembly authorized,8,9Mandeville, Lord Henry:heads commission on Virginia,13;reappoints Yeardley,13Martin, John: member of Council,4Martin, Nicholas:denounces Harvey,44,45;arrested,45Maryland:Baltimore founds,43;surrenders to Parliament,67;Virginia seeks to annex,69Mason, George:general committee of safety,249;convention of 1776,255Mathew, Thomas: says Berkeley cheated Lawrence,79Mathews, Samuel:resists Harvey,42,43;opposes founding of Maryland,43;opposes tobacco contract,44;compares Harvey with Richard III,45;arrests Harvey,46;King orders arrest of,48;sent to England,49;his property seized,50;favors Parliament,56;Governor,71;recalled,71;re-elected,72;dies,73Maury, Rev. James:sues for salary,214;Patrick Henry attorney against,215Menefie, George:Harvey questions,45;accused of treason,46;withholds Harvey's commission,47Mercer, Col. George:stamp distributor,227,228;crowd threatens,228;will not distribute,228Merchants, British:oppose free trade,68,69;conflict with planters,185;Royal African Company,186;oppose duty on slaves,186;taxed,186;Virginians angered at,188;Virginians in debt to,188,189;petition Parliament,189,190;protest paper money,217;renew complaints,219;for legal tender,220Meriwether, Nicholas: Spotswood removes,164Milner, Col. Thomas: Nicholson praises,126Molasses Act: resented in Virginia,188Moryson, Francis:seeks charter for Virginia,1;agent for Virginia,81;committee on Bacon's Rebellion,97Navigation Acts:Berkeley protests against,80;impoverish Virginia,81Nelson, Thomas: protests paper money,219Nelson, William: protests paper money,219New Granada:expedition against,192;failure,192New Kent: Bacon invades,87Newport, Capt. Christopher: member of Council,4Nicholas, Robert Carter:defends Two-penny Act,216;Treasurer,222;burns notes,222;to submit to Stamp Act,226;day of prayer,238;prevents storming of Palace,245;constitution of 1776,255Nicholson, Sir Francis:on ideal Governor,18;use of patronage,20,21;power over courts,22;calls Virginians republicans,35;Lieutenant Governor,124;character,124,125;abuses clergymen,124,125;in New York,125;cautious,125;defends prerogative,126,127;aids college,127;Governor General,133;program of,133,134;violent temper,134;offends Councillors,134;rent roll,135;offends vestries,136;tries to control Church,136;threatens Burgesses,137;gives aid to New York,137;wheedles Burgesses,138;browbeats voters,138;abuses Burgesses,138;threatens Speaker,139;violent in General Court,139;packs juries,139;heckles Council,140;abuses Wallace,142,143;loves Lucy Burwell,142-145;threatens Fouace,143,144;derided in England,144;challenges Philip Ludwell, Jr.,145;founds Williamsburg,146;despotism resented,146,147;charges against,147-150;denies charges,148,149;Quary defends,149;"addresses" praise,149;removed,150Norfolk:protests Stamp Act,229;Dunmore seizes,250;evacuated,251;Americans enter,251;Dunmore threatens,251,252;Americans burn,252Northern Neck: granted to favorites,83Norwood, Col. Henry: criticizes courts,79Nott, Col. Edward:Governor,150;mild,151;defers to Council,154;Assembly weakens patronage,155;veto,156;death,157Nuthead, William: his printing press closed,117Ohio Region: French in,196Opechancanough: captured,58Ordinance and Constitution: Virginia government under,9Oyer and Terminer, Court of:Spotswood sets up,169;non-Councillors in,170Page, John, Jr.: keeps day of prayer,242Page, Matthew:Councillor,133;charges against Nicholson,147,148Palace:mob threatens,245,247;raided,247,248Pamunkeys:hostile,86;flee from Bacon,87Panton, Rev. Anthony:accuses Harvey,49;fined and banished,50,51;vindicated,52Parke, Daniel: announces Berkeley's death,102Parliament:expedition against Virginia,64;Virginia surrenders,66;less representative,222;rotten boroughs,222,223;out of step with age,223;ignorant of colonies,223Paper money:Assembly issues,205;new issues,206;to finance war,217;rate of exchange,218;continues issues,218;to finance war,217;rate of exchange,218;continues issues,218;illegal loans,221Patronage:props Governor's power,19,20,21;Bacon's Laws restrict,92;Effingham uses,118;Nicholson uses,137,138;bill to limit vetoed,167;no Burgess to hold office,181;victory for liberty,181Pendleton, Edmund:219;protests Stamp Act,224;to submit,226;committee of correspondence,237;Continental Congress,240;lionized,246;General Committee of Safety,249;for independence,255;convention of 1776,255Pierce, William:King orders arrest,48;sent to England,49Pistole Fee:for use of seal,196-200;counties complain of,196;Stith opposes,196;Attorney General upholds,197;Burgesses appeal to King,198;Dinwiddie says not a tax,199;King restricts use of,199,200;results of,200;Fauquier cautious of,200Pitt, William: supports Americans,241Poll tax:hated,31;people protest,83;Bacon's men protest,90;crushes poor in 1677,103;liquor duty eases,187Pott, Francis:circulates petition,44;arrested,45;released,47;leaves for England,47;arrested in England,48Pott, Dr. John:acting Governor,37;poisons Indians,37,38;Harvey persecutes,39,40;pardoned,40;aids in arresting Harvey,46Powder Horn, Williamsburg:powder seized,244;trap wounds two,246Prerogative of King:whittled away,34,35;James II stretches,116;weakened,123;Two-penny Act, ignores,212Press: free prohibited,116,117Purifie, Thomas: warns Harvey,46Puritans:in Virginia,58;Berkeley persecutes,59;strong on Hampton Roads,60;send for ministers,60;ministers driven out,61;ordered to conform,61Quartering of troops: ended in Virginia,117Quary, Col. Robert:describes powers of Council,24,25;on decline of prerogative,35;warns English government,123;defends Nicholson,149Quit rents:paid to King,31;tax on land,115;proposed to quadruple,115;Nicholson's rent roll,135;Dinwiddie reports loss,198Randolph, Edmund: convention of 1776,255Randolph, Sir John: Tory, leaves Virginia,242Randolph, Peyton:takes Burgesses' protest,198;ousted as Attorney General,199;reinstated,200;protests Stamp Act,224;to submit,226;moderator,234;committee of correspondence,237;Continental Congress,240;prevents storming of Palace,245Ratcliffe, John: member of Council,4Rebellion:Secretary Ludwell fears,80;Virginia "ripe for,"82;Berkeley fears,83;outbreaks in 1674,83,84;Virginia ready for,85;led by Bacon,87-96;influence of Bacon's rebellion,95,96;causes of,96;threatened in 1677,100;in 1689,120,121Richmond, Duke of: supports colonists,241Rights, Declaration of: committee to prepare,256Robinson, John:Speaker and Treasurer,28;Fauquier wins support,210;death,221;illegal loans of,221Rolfe, John: cures tobacco,15Sandys, Sir Edwin:Puritan,8;Treasurer of London Company,8;