The Commonwealth of England Targets Virginia, Part 1

Today's episode starts a new series on the colonies during the English Commonwealth. Today we focus on Virginia in 1649 and how the Commonwealth began getting hostile towards the pro-Royalist colony. Follow us on Twitter:   / historicalcp   Follow us on Instagram:   / the.historical.context   Read “Voyage to Virginia” by Col. Norwood: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist... Read Bullock’s “Virginia, Impartially Examined…”: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist... Read a Description of Virginia in 1649 by an unknown author: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist... Read Ed Williams Description of Virginia to the English Parliament here: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist... Read “Virginia 1641-1649”: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242... Read “Virginia in 1650”: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242... Read William Berkeley’s speech: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A27... Read the House of Burgesses and Council of Virginia response to Parliament: https://archive.org/details/journalso... More on the Surrender of Virginia: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242... Read the articles of surrender: https://archive.org/details/journalso... Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song... License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...