An American history . ch were contending for the mastery of the the one hand, a syndicate of unscrupulous capitalists,backed by a ring of powerful courtiers, formulated the reac-tionary conception of government in their scheme for the or-ganization of New England as a group of feudal the other hand, the Liberals, animated by a new principlein human affairs, were an-ticipating the modern con-ception of a state. Thesegroups of enemies wererapidly consolidating intopolitical parties. Eachside turned to America asto fresh soil in which toplant its ideas and expandthem to
An American history . ch were contending for the mastery of the the one hand, a syndicate of unscrupulous capitalists,backed by a ring of powerful courtiers, formulated the reac-tionary conception of government in their scheme for the or-ganization of New England as a group of feudal the other hand, the Liberals, animated by a new principlein human affairs, were an-ticipating the modern con-ception of a state. Thesegroups of enemies wererapidly consolidating intopolitical parties. Eachside turned to America asto fresh soil in which toplant its ideas and expandthem to their fullest pro-portions.^ 57. The Great Mas-sacre. We must now turnour attention to a dread-ful event which occurredabout this time in Vir-ginia. At the opening of 1622, the colony, as it showedupon the map, was a narrow strip, stretching inlandfrom the sea along the James River to about the site of thepresent city of Richmond. Under the wise administrationof the Liberals, the colony had begun to show many signs of. SIR EDWIN SANDYS It was entitled An Ordinance for Virginia. The essential parts are re-printed in Macdonalds Documentary Source Book. 2 Parliament met again in 1621. At once the contest between the two partiesbegan. The apparently simple matter of fishing rights off the American coastopened the struggle and aided in defining the positions of both sides. See a fulldiscussion in Beer, British Colonial System. 42 AMERICAN HISTORY prosperity. Corn, fruit, and tobacco were grown in abun-dance. The culture of silkworms had been were iron works, glass works, and salt works. On both sides of that narrow strip of settled countrywere the Indians. In the past they had not always beenfriendly. Of late, however, good feeling appeared to havebeen established. Indians came and went freely in the villagesof the colony, and visited the lonely farmhouses strung alongthe river. There is reason to think that the Powhatan, or Great Chief,of the surrounding Indians wa
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