Robert Remini
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first heard Aug 2026
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These representatives soon did away with Dale's ferocious regulations and made other and much milder laws.
37.
Virginia becomes a royal province.
1624.
The Virginians thought this was a very good way to be governed, but King James thought that the new rulers of the Virginia Company were much too liberal, and he determined to destroy the company.
The judges in those days dared not displease the king, for he could turn them out of office at any time.
So when he told them to destroy the Virginia Charter, they took the very first opportunity to declare it to be of no force.
In this way,
The Virginia Company came to an end, and Virginia became a royal province with a governor appointed by the king.
38.
Religious Intolerance In 1625, King James died, and his son Charles became king.
He left the Virginians to themselves for the most part.
They liked this, but they did not like his giving the northern part of Virginia to a Roman Catholic favorite, Lord Baltimore, with the name of Maryland.
Many Roman Catholics soon settled in Lord Baltimore's colony.
The Virginians feared lest they might come to Virginia and made severe laws against them.
Puritan missionaries also came from New England and began to convert the Virginians to Puritanism.
Governor Berkeley and the leading Virginians were Episcopalians.
They did not like the Puritans any better than they liked the Roman Catholics.
They made harsh laws against them and drove them out of Virginia into Maryland.
39.
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