An American history . ys. His close comrade was Henry, Earl ofSouthampton, the famous friend of Shakespeare. NicholasFerrar, one of the most lovable men in Enghsh history, wasalso of the group. They met with powerful opposition from the king and from astrong party thatbeUeved in despot-ism and steadilysupported Parhamentwas dissolved, thesereformers lost theirfield of action, andthis may accountfor the fact thatthey turned at onceto the business ofcolonization. Per-haps they thoughtthey could best ce-ment their partyby putting its prin-ciples into practicein the organizationof a col
An American history . ys. His close comrade was Henry, Earl ofSouthampton, the famous friend of Shakespeare. NicholasFerrar, one of the most lovable men in Enghsh history, wasalso of the group. They met with powerful opposition from the king and from astrong party thatbeUeved in despot-ism and steadilysupported Parhamentwas dissolved, thesereformers lost theirfield of action, andthis may accountfor the fact thatthey turned at onceto the business ofcolonization. Per-haps they thoughtthey could best ce-ment their partyby putting its prin-ciples into practicein the organizationof a colony. Bethat as it may, theEnglish Liberals, after 1614, while Parhament was not in ses-sion, showed a marked increase of interest in Virginia. In this fact the capitahsts who controlled the VirginiaCompany saw their opportunity. They were headed by SirThomas Smith,^ one of the richest men of his time, who prob-ably devised the shrewd scheme which he and his friendsnow put into operation. Though totally out of sympathy. EARLY ROYAL GRANTS • (At least so the Virginia Company subsequently interpretedthe grant which described their territory as extending Westand Northwest.) ^ Never to be confused with John Smith. THE BEGINNINGS OF VIRGINIA 31 with the Liberals pohtically,^ he wished to induce them togive their time and money to developing Virginia. Conse-quently he brought about a deal, so to speak, by which themanagement of the Virginia Company was taken over by agroup of Liberal poUticians, and Sir Edwin Sandys becamethe companys chief officer. 46. Reforms of the Liberals. Immediately reforms colonists were put on the footing of free citizens. It wasmade easy for thiem to become owners of the land they was offered for sale in England. But perhaps the moststriking detail of this revolution in the policy of the Companyconcerns a congregation of EngHsh Puritans^ then living atLeyden in Holland. We shall hear of them later as the Pilgrims, and may as well call
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