The Old Dominion in the Seventeenth Century

The Old Dominion in the Seventeenth Century

Author: Warren M. Billings

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2012-12-01

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 0807838829

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Since its original publication in 1975, The Old Dominion in the Seventeenth Century has become an important teaching tool and research volume. Warren Billings brings together more than 200 period documents, organized topically, with each chapter introduced by an interpretive essay. Topics include the settlement of Jamestown, the evolution of government and the structure of society, forced labor, the economy, Indian-Anglo relations, and Bacon's Rebellion. This revised, expanded, and updated edition adds approximately 30 additional documents, extending the chronological reach to 1700. Freshly rethought chapter introductions and suggested readings incorporate the vast scholarship of the past 30 years. New illustrations of seventeenth-century artifacts and buildings enrich the texts with recent archaeological findings. With these enhancements, and a full index, students, scholars, and those interested in early Virginia will find these documents even more enlightening.


Governor's Houses and State Houses of British Colonial America, 1607-1783

Governor's Houses and State Houses of British Colonial America, 1607-1783

Author: Hoke P. Kimball

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2017-05-11

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 0786470518

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This comprehensive survey of British colonial governors' houses and buildings used as state houses or capitols in the North American colonies begins with the founding of the Virginia Colony and ends with American independence. In addition to the 13 colonies that became the United States in 1783, the study includes three colonies in present-day Florida and Canada--East Florida, West Florida and the Province of Quebec--obtained by Great Britain after the French and Indian War.