A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . mitted the settlers tomake their own laws. TheHouse of Burgesses, whichwas called together at James-town by Governor Yeardley,July 30, 1619, was the firstlegislative body that evermet in this country. KingJames was dissatisfied withthe tendency of things, andin 1624 he took away thecharter and granted a newone, which allowed the col-ony to elect the members ofthe House of Burgesses,while the king appoin
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . mitted the settlers tomake their own laws. TheHouse of Burgesses, whichwas called together at James-town by Governor Yeardley,July 30, 1619, was the firstlegislative body that evermet in this country. KingJames was dissatisfied withthe tendency of things, andin 1624 he took away thecharter and granted a newone, which allowed the col-ony to elect the members ofthe House of Burgesses,while the king appointedthe council and their gov-ernor. This made Virginiaa royal province, which sheremained until the Revolu-tion. Virginia became veryprosperous. Immense quan-tities of tobacco were raisedand sent to England andHolland, where it became widely popular. Its cultivation was so profitable inthe colony that for a time little else was cultivated. It was planted even alongthe streets of Jamestown and became the money of the province. Everythingwas paid for in so many pounds of tobacco. The population steadily increased,and in 1715 was 95,000, which was the same as that of Massachusetts. A half-. ARMOK WOBN BY THE PILGRIMS IN 1620 THE PILGRIMS AT PLYMOUTH. 53 century later, Virginia was the richest and most important of the thirteen colo-nies. The people lived mostly on large plantations, for land was plentiful andthe Indians gave no further trouble. Most of the inhabitants were members ofthe Church of England, and their assemblies passed severe laws against theentrance of peojile of other religious beliefs into the colony. It required thefurnace blasts of the Revolution to jiurify Virginia and some other provincesof this spirit of intolerance. Education was neglected or confined to the rich who could send their chil-dren to England to be educated. Some of the early schools were destroyed byIndians, but William and Mary College, founded in 1692, was the second col-lege in the United Sta
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