Sir William Berkeley and the Forging of Colonial Virginia

Sir William Berkeley and the Forging of Colonial Virginia
Author: Warren M. Billings
Publisher: LSU Press
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2010-03-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0807147036

Sir William Berkeley (1605--1677) influenced colonial Virginia more than any other man of his era, diversifying Virginia's trade with international markets, serving as a model for the planter aristocracy, and helping to establish American self-rule. An Oxford-educated playwright, soldier, and diplomat, Berkeley won appointment as governor of Virginia in 1641 after a decade in the court of King Charles I. Between his arrival in Jamestown and his death, Berkeley became Virginia's leading politician and planter, indelibly stamping his ambitions, accomplishments, and, ultimately, his failures upon the colony. In this masterly biography, Warren M. Billings offers the first full-scale treatment of Berkeley's life, revealing the extent to which Berkeley shaped early Virginia and linking his career to the wider context of seventeenth-century Anglo-American history.

The First Freedoms

The First Freedoms
Author: Thomas J. Curry
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 1987-12-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0195364007

Is government forbidden to assist all religions equally, as the Supreme Court has held? Or does the First Amendment merely ban exclusive aid to one religion, as critics of the Court assert? The First Freedoms studies the church-state context of colonial and revolutionary America to present a bold new reading of the historical meaning of the religion clauses of the First Amendment. Synthesizing and interpreting a wealth of evidence from the founding of Virginia to the passage of the Bill of Rights, including everything published in America before 1791, Thomas Curry traces America's developing ideas on religious liberty and offers the most extensive investigation ever of the historical origins and background of the First Amendment's religion clauses.

Pelts and palisades

Pelts and palisades
Author: Nathaniel C. Hale
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2022-08-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"Pelts and palisades" by Nathaniel C. Hale. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Three Golden Ages

Three Golden Ages
Author: Alf J. Mapp
Publisher: Madison Books
Total Pages: 670
Release: 1998-11-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 146173598X

In this intriguing book, best-selling author Alf Mapp, Jr. explores three periods in Western history that exploded with creativity: Elizabethan England, Renaissance Florence, and America's founding. What enabled these societies to make staggering jumps in scientific knowledge, develop new political structures, or create timeless works of art?