This is the second volume of John Fiske's history of colonial Virginia and its neighbouring colonies. It traces Virginia's westward growth and social life, including the arrival of the Cavaliers and popular ideas about them, while placing the colony in a wider English context. It is worth listening to as an engaging older historical narrative of early America.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
WESTWARD GROWTH ов OLD VIRGINIA THE M .- N. CO., BUFFALO, N. Y. OLD VIRGINIA AND HER NEIGHBOURS ву JOHN FISKE Ού λίθοι, ούδε ξύλα, οὐδὲ Τέχνη τεκτόνων αί πόλεις εἶσιν Άλλ’ ὅπού ποτ’ αν ώσιν ΆΝΔΡΕΣ Αύτούς σώζειν είδότες, Ένταῦθα τείχη καὶ πόλεις. Ассич
The Riverside Press IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME II BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge COPYRIGHT 1897 BY JOHN FISKE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CONTENTS.
VOLUME II. CHAPTER X. THE COMING OF THE CAVALIERS. PAGE Virginia depicted by an admirer 1 Her domestic animals, game, and song-birds 2 Her agriculture 2, 3 Her nearness to the Northwest Passage 3 Her commercial rivals 3, 4 Not so barren a country as New England 4 Life of body and soul were preserved in Virginia; Mr. Benjamin Symes and his school 5 Worthy Captain Mathews and his household 5 Rapid growth in population 6 Historical lessons in names of Virginia counties 7 Scarcity of royalist names on the map of New England 8, 9 As to the Cavaliers in Virginia; some popular misconceptions 9, 10 Some democratic protests 10, 11 Sweeping statements are inadmissible 11 Difference between Cavaliers and Roundheads was political, not social 12 Popular misconceptions regarding the English nobility; England has never had a noblesse, or upper caste 13 Contrast with France in this respect 13, 14 Importance of the middle class 14 Respect for industry in England 15 The Cavalier exodus 16
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